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ai morning #49 — stripe buys openrouter for $7 billion and model routing is no longer neutral
A payments company just bought the switch that sits between every builder and every AI model. The deal closed quietly at a step-down from early talks. The neutral routing layer is now inside a company with its own billing incentives and model relationships. That neutrality is now a business decision.
Marcus walks through what happened, why OpenRouter's CEO had literally called his startup "Stripe for AI," and what it means for builders who depend on model-agnostic infrastructure.
In this episode:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Stripe buys OpenRouter for $7B+ — Model routing stops being neutral — Stripe…
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