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OpenRouter

Multimodal AI model access and routing platform

openrouter.ai

Founded year: 2023
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 50–130
Industry: IT Services & Consulting

Last updated October 8

Latest news about OpenRouter

In short: OpenRouter announced Stripe acquisition; Chinese models led usage; features and models launched

Company announcements

August 14 OpenRouter

OpenRouter announces acquisition by Stripe to accelerate growth and mission

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and expected to close in the coming weeks while preserving OpenRouter's independence and product roadmap.

June 1 OpenRouter

OpenRouter closed $113M Series B and shipped May releases

The platform now routes 100 trillion tokens monthly and introduced workspace guardrails, speech APIs, model fusion, and more.

May 26 OpenRouter

OpenRouter raises $113 million in Series B funding

Led by CapitalG with participation from NVIDIA, ServiceNow, MongoDB, Snowflake, Databricks, and others. The funding will scale infrastructure for multi-model AI.

May 4 OpenRouter

OpenRouter analyzes GPT-5.5 cost increases

GPT-5.5 doubles prices over GPT-5.4, but shorter outputs for long prompts mitigate rises. Observed cost increases range 49-92% in switcher cohort.

Media coverage

October 8 AI Weekly

Nvidia Lost OpenRouter to Stripe, Then Closed $140B in Deals

In July, Nvidia told OpenRouter it was interested in competing for the three-year-old AI-model marketplace but needed more time to evaluate, ...

September 22 Phemex

OpenRouter Launches Batch API with 50% Token Price Reduction Across 70+ Models

OpenRouter launches Batch API with 50% token price cuts across 70+ models. Non-urgent tasks complete in minutes with results ...

September 2 WebProNews

China’s Low-Cost AI Surge Undermines OpenAI, Google and Anthropic’s Market Hold

Chinese AI models now cost up to 90% less than U.S. rivals, slashing OpenRouter share for Google, OpenAI and Anthropic from 70% to 30%. Enterprises...

August 3 PitchBook

Everyone is building AI routers. Are they a dead end?

The pipes that steer AI agents to models are sprouting up everywhere, but startups may struggle to turn them into lasting companies.

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