Stripe is reportedly closing in on one of the biggest deals in its history, with Bloomberg reporting that the payments giant has finalized an agreement to acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter in a transaction valued at more than$7 billion. If confirmed, the move would mark Stripe’s largest known bet on artificial intelligence infrastructure and reshape how businesses access AI models across the industry. Key takeaways Stripe has reportedly finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, with Bloomberg pegging the price atmore than $7 billion. OpenRouter operates an AI gateway that lets customers pick frommore than 400 AI modelsbased on task and budget. Investors backing OpenRouter include Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures , and Alphabet’s Capital G.