# OpenRouter Company record · Presspool · https://presspool.ai/companies/openrouter-ai OpenRouter provides one OpenAI-compatible API that routes requests across hundreds of AI models from many providers, with fallbacks, cost tracking and enterprise controls. Website: https://openrouter.ai **Ownership:** Stripe agreed to acquire OpenRouter (announced August 19, 2026). Sources: [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/stripe-openrouter-fintech-ai-model-marketplace-.html). ## Funding Latest announced financing: $113 million, Series B, led by CapitalG, announced May 26, 2026. - **$113 million Series B**, announced May 26, 2026. Led by [CapitalG](https://presspool.ai/investors/capitalg). Sources: [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/series-b/), [The SaaS News](https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/openrouter-raises-113m-series-b/). ## Whether AI names OpenRouter - On the AI infrastructure map: named or cited in 2 of 56 answers to Presspool's AI infrastructure questions on October 19, 2026 (ChatGPT 0 of 8, Claude 0 of 8, Perplexity 1 of 8, Gemini 1 of 8, Copilot 0 of 8, Google AI Mode 0 of 8, Google AI Overviews 0 of 8). [See the map](https://presspool.ai/niches/ai-infrastructure). Most often named in the same answers: [Crusoe](https://presspool.ai/companies/crusoe-ai) (2), [Fluidstack](https://presspool.ai/companies/fluidstack-io) (2), [Modal](https://presspool.ai/companies/modal-com) (2), [Baseten](https://presspool.ai/companies/baseten-co) (1), [DeepInfra](https://presspool.ai/companies/deepinfra-com) (1). - Machine Relations Index: [Cited in 6 of 27,776 Index answers](https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/openrouter.ai), May 10, 2026 to October 19, 2026. A company counts when an AI answer names it or cites its website. Answers vary from run to run, so each count is a dated sample. ## Related records - Also on the [AI infrastructure map](https://presspool.ai/niches/ai-infrastructure): [Arcade](https://presspool.ai/companies/arcade-dev), [Baseten](https://presspool.ai/companies/baseten-co), [Braintrust](https://presspool.ai/companies/braintrust-dev), [Clockwork.io](https://presspool.ai/companies/clockwork-io), [Crusoe](https://presspool.ai/companies/crusoe-ai), [Daytona](https://presspool.ai/companies/daytona-io), [DeepInfra](https://presspool.ai/companies/deepinfra-com), [Encord](https://presspool.ai/companies/encord-com), [Exa](https://presspool.ai/companies/exa-ai), [fal](https://presspool.ai/companies/fal-ai), [Fiddler AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/fiddler-ai), [Firecrawl](https://presspool.ai/companies/firecrawl-dev), [Fireworks AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/fireworks-ai), [Fluidstack](https://presspool.ai/companies/fluidstack-io), [GMI Cloud](https://presspool.ai/companies/gmicloud-ai), [Go.AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/go-ai), [Granite](https://presspool.ai/companies/granitesov-ai-com), [Groq](https://presspool.ai/companies/groq-com), [Halluminate](https://presspool.ai/companies/halluminate-ai), [hosted·ai](https://presspool.ai/companies/hosted-ai), [HUD](https://presspool.ai/companies/hud-ai), [Inferact](https://presspool.ai/companies/inferact-ai), [Infino](https://presspool.ai/companies/infino-ai), [Kernel](https://presspool.ai/companies/kernel-sh), [KONST](https://presspool.ai/companies/konsttech-ai), [Lambda](https://presspool.ai/companies/lambda-ai), [LangChain](https://presspool.ai/companies/langchain-com), [LMArena](https://presspool.ai/companies/arena-ai), [Mecka](https://presspool.ai/companies/mecka-ai), [Mercor](https://presspool.ai/companies/mercor-com), [Modal](https://presspool.ai/companies/modal-com), [Nscale](https://presspool.ai/companies/nscale-com), [Ocular AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/useocular-com), [Ollama](https://presspool.ai/companies/ollama-com), [PaleBlueDot AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/palebluedot-ai), [Parallel Web Systems](https://presspool.ai/companies/parallel-ai), [Parasail](https://presspool.ai/companies/parasail-io), [Patronus AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/patronus-ai), [Qdrant](https://presspool.ai/companies/qdrant-tech), [RadixArk](https://presspool.ai/companies/radixark-com), [Respan](https://presspool.ai/companies/respan-ai), [Runpod](https://presspool.ai/companies/runpod-io), [SiliconFlow](https://presspool.ai/companies/siliconflow-com), [Snorkel AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/snorkel-ai), [Subconscious](https://presspool.ai/companies/subconscious-dev), [Tensormesh](https://presspool.ai/companies/tensormesh-ai), [TensorWave](https://presspool.ai/companies/tensorwave-com), [Thunder Compute](https://presspool.ai/companies/thundercompute-com), [Together AI](https://presspool.ai/companies/together-ai), [Turba Labs](https://presspool.ai/companies/turbalabs-com), [Uvi](https://presspool.ai/companies/uvi-io), [Verda](https://presspool.ai/companies/verda-com), [Zeroset](https://presspool.ai/companies/zeroset-com). - Other rounds led by [CapitalG](https://presspool.ai/investors/capitalg): [Bedrock Robotics](https://presspool.ai/companies/bedrockrobotics-com) ($270 million Series B, February 4, 2026), [Physical Intelligence](https://presspool.ai/companies/physicalintelligence-company) ($600 million Series B, November 21, 2025). ## Sources - [Own site](https://openrouter.ai/) - [Independent source](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/stripe-openrouter-fintech-ai-model-marketplace-.html) - [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/series-b/) - [The SaaS News](https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/openrouter-raises-113m-series-b/) --- Presspool is a sourced record of AI startup funding. 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