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Industry

Stripe to Acquire OpenRouter in $7.5B Bet on the AI Economy

Stripe has agreed to acquire AI model routing gateway OpenRouter in a deal reported at roughly $7.5 billion, signaling a shift toward treating model selection as a financial decision. The acquisition is part of Stripe's plan to build an economic operating system for AI, combining payments, billing, token metering, and model routing. The move comes as competitors like Ramp launch similar routing services, and as inference hardware startups like Etched and Groq raise significant funding.

Aug 238 minNeura News
Funding

Naïve raises $28.5M to let AI agents run entire businesses

Naïve, a startup building infrastructure for AI agents to automate business setup and operations, has raised $28.5 million in Series A funding led by Nexus Venture Partners. The company claims over 30,000 developer customers and has scaled annual run-rate revenue 10x in six months. Its platform handles incorporation, payments, cloud infrastructure, and more, with a serverless runtime that cuts agent costs significantly.

Aug 67 minNeura News
Automation

Stripe Launches Link Wallet for AI Agents

Stripe has unveiled Link, a digital wallet designed for an era of autonomous AI agents that handle shopping, reservations, and ticket purchases. Users can link payment methods, monitor spending, and manage subscriptions while securely authorizing AI agents to make payments. The wallet supports web, iOS, and Android, with features like OAuth integration for agent approvals and future expansions for limits and autonomous spending.

Apr 303 minNeura News