This week in AI-native companies #5: Stripe buys the meter
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Read full postStripe acquired OpenRouter, a gateway managing requests across 400+ AI models, for over $7 billion, highlighting the growing importance of metering AI usage in payments infrastructure. Concurrently, the open-source Paperclip project is advancing governance features to manage AI agent approvals and company-wide access controls. xAI's Grok Bot launched on Amazon Bedrock with a large context window but without governance features, while Lindy's Slack AI teammate also debuted recently.
- Stripe seals its OpenRouter deal for a reported $7.5bn or more· 3 sources
- Stripe Bets Over $8 Billion On OpenRouter's AI Model Traffic· 2 sources
- Andreessen Horowitz could make close to $1.5 billion from OpenRouter's potential sale to Stripe· 2 sources
- Stripe reportedly acquires OpenRouter, the AI model router, for over $7bn· 3 sources
- Stripe Nears Deal to Buy AI Firm OpenRouter for over $7B· 2 sources
