A16Z · 19 August 2026

OpenRouter & Stripe: The Intelligence Network

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Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter establishes a critical infrastructure layer for the AI economy, positioning tokens as a universal medium of value exchange analogous to dollars in the traditional internet era.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · AI Infrastructure

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