Company record
OpenRouter
Updated November 9, 2026 · Presspool
OpenRouter provides one OpenAI-compatible API that routes requests across hundreds of AI models from many providers, with fallbacks, cost tracking and enterprise controls. openrouter.ai
Ownership: Stripe agreed to acquire OpenRouter (announced August 19, 2026). Sources: CNBC
Funding
- $113 million Series B, announced May 26, 2026. Led by CapitalG. Sources: OpenRouter, The SaaS News.
Whether AI names OpenRouter
- On the AI infrastructure map: named or cited in 1 of 46 answers to Presspool's AI infrastructure questions on November 9, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 1 of 8, Perplexity 0 of 8, Gemini 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 6). See the map. Of the 54 companies on the map, OpenRouter ranked joint 22nd by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on AI infrastructure questions: Together AI (17 of 46), Crusoe (14 of 46), Lambda (14 of 46), Fireworks AI (13 of 46) and Modal (13 of 46). Most often named in the same answers: Baseten (1), Fireworks AI (1), Mercor (1), Modal (1), Nscale (1).
- Machine Relations Index: Cited in 7 of 35,834 Index answers, May 10, 2026 to November 9, 2026.
Week by week
Answers that named or cited OpenRouter in each weekly sample of Presspool's AI infrastructure questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week. Copilot answers count through November 2, 2026, the last day Copilot answered. Copilot is no longer asked, so later weeks are not counted on the same apps as earlier ones.
| Week of | AI infrastructure |
|---|---|
| September 21, 2026 | 2 of 39 |
| October 5, 2026 | 2 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 1 of 50 |
| October 19, 2026 | 2 of 56 |
| October 26, 2026 | 2 of 53 |
| November 2, 2026 | 1 of 50 |
| November 9, 2026 | 1 of 46 |
Related records
Also on the AI infrastructure map: Arcade, Baseten, Braintrust, Clockwork.io, Crusoe, Daytona, DeepInfra, Encord, Exa, fal, Fiddler AI, Firecrawl and 41 more on the map.
CapitalG, which led this round, also led Bedrock Robotics ($270 million Series B, February 4, 2026) and Physical Intelligence ($600 million Series B, November 21, 2025).