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What Stripe's $7 Billion OpenRouter Deal Actually Means for AI

Tech | 2026-08-17 at 15:54 UTC | Source: decrypt.co
Stripe just bought the layer that decides which AI model answers your prompt—and it was already collecting the money for it.
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