Last week saw reports that Stripe is considering buying artificial intelligence startup OpenRouter for $10 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
Every company running artificial intelligence at scale eventually hits the same problem: a simple customer question gets routed to the same, expensive, frontier-grade model as a genuinely hard one. That’s a waste of money — and an avoidable one. Routing software fixes it by evaluating...
Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence startup. The deal could value the company at roughly $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. An agreement could be announced soon. Still, talks could fall through, or another buyer could step in. The exact...
Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a significant step outside payments for a company that processes transactions for much of the internet....
June 25, 2026
Lawmakers spent much of Wednesday wrestling with a question that reaches well beyond faster payments: whether a regulatory framework built for deposit-taking banks can continue to govern a financial system in which software platforms, digital assets and artificial intelligence are reshaping how money moves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article […]
March 06, 2026
Stripe has introduced new artificial intelligence (AI)-focused metering and billing capabilities inside Stripe Billing, giving software companies infrastructure to charge for AI consumption the way cloud providers charge for compute:...
February 26, 2026
A merchant’s returning customer attempts to complete a $1,800 luxury purchase on a mobile device, mistypes a password twice, triggers a reset email and leaves before the link arrives. Get...
February 24, 2026
Tuesday (Feb. 24) marked a potentially seismic day in the payments industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
July 30, 2026
Dune says it is one of Europe’s first companies to receive stablecoin payments through Stripe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive […]
July 29, 2026
Last week saw reports that Stripe is considering buying artificial intelligence startup OpenRouter for $10 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
July 23, 2026
Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a...
July 22, 2026
Stripe is positioning itself to play an even greater role in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector that already propelled its revenue to increase by a third to $6.8 billion last...
