Stripe isn’t exactly a dumb company. When someone smart does something seemingly super dumb, more likely than not you’re the one missing something, not them. It’s an opportunity to ask, “what am I missing?”, and learn from it.

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orangedog 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I didn't say it was super dumb, it was more of a reflection on that's how much a wrapper is worth today.

	▲	aleph_minus_one 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> I didn't say it was super dumb, it was more of a reflection on that's how much a wrapper is worth today. Are you sure that the value is in the wrapper and not rather in the fact that investors who invested into OpenRouter also invested into companies that can buy OpenRouter? ;-) (see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330668 ).
	▲	throwaway7783 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It is not just the software. Let's not forget the existing customer base, an opportunity cost to build something as mature as openrouter (even with LLMs). Perhaps it is worth it for them.

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aleph_minus_one 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Stripe isn’t exactly a dumb company.

I guess hardly anybody claims that. I think the suspicion is rather about whether there exist some other "puppetmasters" (e.g. venture capitalists) who pressured Stripe into buying OpenRouter.