The Singularity Isn't the Real Reason Stripe Paid $7.5B for OpenRouter

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The Singularity Isn't the Real Reason Stripe Paid $7.5B for OpenRouter Stripe claims "the singularity" is here, and justifies its $7.5B acquisition of OpenRouter. The truth, as the Equity podcast crew highlights, is much more practical, as unglamorous as token expense management may seem:
  2026/08/21      youtube
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