On July 24th, according to the Wall Street Journal today, a source of information was quoted from the mediaOverseas payers Stripe With the world's largest AI AGGREGATION PLATFORM OpenRouter DealAcquisitionMatters.
According to the source, although the specific terms of the transaction have not yet been determinedBut OpenRouter's valuation could be close to $10 billionI don't know. By contrast, OpenRouter ' s estimate for the completion of the financing in May this year was only $1.3 billion (the current exchange rate is approximately RMB 88.18 billion)。
It is known that if all the process goes smoothly, both sides will announce their acquisition in the near future。But the negotiations still have variables,The deal could break at any timeNor does it preclude other bidders from joining。
As a reference, OpenRouter was established in 2023 as an intermediary platform between AI developers and business users, which now brings together hundreds of open and closed-source models。
And Stripe is a payment service provider founded in 2011Main provisionOnline payments processing,DEVELOPER PAYS API INTERFACEas well asFinancial management softwareThere are currently two headquarters in San Francisco and Dublin。