Stripe Buys OpenRouter for $7B as Model Routing Becomes Critical
ALEX: Welcome to The AI Daily Roundup for August 22nd, 2026. Stripe just dropped over seven billion dollars on a model router — and seventy minutes later, Ramp shipped their own internal version. Same thesis, same day, very different approaches. SARAH: That timing is almost too perfect to be coincid…
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