OpenRouter is a model-routing platform that gives developers a single API to reach hundreds of AI models from different providers, switching between them for cost, speed, or capability. This hub follows OpenRouter’s growth, its role as infrastructure for AI developers, and its corporate moves, including its acquisition by Stripe.
Stripe has reportedly agreed to acquire OpenRouter, the AI model-routing platform used by 8 million developers, in a deal worth more than $7 billion that neither company has confirmed.
Read more →OpenRouter data shows Chinese AI models now handle over 30% of tokens run by US firms every week since February, peaking at 46%, as companies chase costs up to 90% lower than Anthropic or OpenAI.
Read more →Chinese tech company Meituan has disclosed that "Owl Alpha," an anonymous model that topped OpenRouter rankings for two months, was its 1.6-trillion-parameter LongCat-2.0 — trained entirely on domestic chips and now free under an MIT license.
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