Acquisition
Stripe Reportedly Agrees to Buy OpenRouter in $7B+ AI Infrastructure Deal
OpenRouter has built one of the most valuable positions in AI without building the models themselves. It helps developers choose and route requests across hundreds of models, and Stripe is reportedly willing to pay more than $7 billion for that position. OpenRouter gives developers one interface to access more than 500 models from over 80 […]
OpenAI Acquires NextSlide to Bring AI Presentation Creation Into ChatGPT
AI can already help write a presentation. The harder part is turning research, notes, and ideas into something structured, visual, and ready to present. OpenAI has acquired the AI presentation startup, with the NextSlide team now working on ChatGPT. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founder Ahmed Beshry said the acquisition took place earlier in 2026, […]