Their business models are actually kind of similar. Stripe is just passing money between financial institutions and taking a small cut. OpenRouter is basically the same thing. They might have shared ability on how to run an effective pass through business.

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drob518 an hour ago | parent [-]

So… they’re both middlemen. And that’s enough to justify a $7B acquisition???

	▲	leros 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Apparently. The price does seem high, but the value of a company is based on it's finances. You could argue companies like Google are just middlemen too.