Stripe Buys OpenRouter, OpenAI vs. Anthropic & the AI Backlash

Podcast: More or Less · Dave Morin, Jessica Lessin, Brit Morin, and Sam Lessin

Opublikowano: 2026-08-21

Stripe buys OpenRouter for billions, which naturally raises the question: did Stripe just buy critical AI infrastructure, or a very expensive router with great distribution? The original squad is back to debate why $7B acquisitions somehow feel normal now, whether Google already has agentic commerce won by owning your inbox, calendar, and Drive, and why Anthropic vs. OpenAI might be less about who has the best model and more about who built the right company. Sam makes the case that OpenAI pulled off the “greatest fundraising story in history,” Dave argues Grokbot might officially make AI a three-player race, and...