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7B for a wrapper.

• FailMore 1mo ago
  For traction...
• hooch 1mo ago
  Stripe is a wrapper too. Single API key and unified DX atop a world of divergent providers.
  • PunchyHamster 1mo ago
    Adding support to yet another LLM API provider is order of magnitude easier (at least) than adding anything in finance domain
• gk1 1mo ago
  Stripe isn’t exactly a dumb company. When someone smart does something seemingly super dumb, more likely than not you’re the one missing something, not them. It’s an opportunity to ask, “what am I missing?”, and learn from it.
  • aleph_minus_one 1mo ago
    > Stripe isn’t exactly a dumb company. I guess hardly anybody claims that. I think the suspicion is rather about whether there exist some other "puppetmasters" (e.g. venture capitalists) who pressured Stripe into buying OpenRouter.
  • orangedog 1mo ago
    I didn't say it was super dumb, it was more of a reflection on that's how much a wrapper is worth today.
    • aleph_minus_one 1mo ago
      > I didn't say it was super dumb, it was more of a reflection on that's how much a wrapper is worth today. Are you sure that the value is in the wrapper and not rather in the fact that investors who invested into OpenRouter also invested into companies that can buy OpenRouter? ;-) (see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330668 ).
    • throwaway7783 1mo ago
      It is not just the software. Let's not forget the existing customer base, an opportunity cost to build something as mature as openrouter (even with LLMs). Perhaps it is worth it for them.
• latchkey 1mo ago
  For a wrapper that collects a bunch of data. Think of this purchase like Zucks investment in ScaleAI.
  • Taikhoom10 1mo ago
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    • latchkey 1mo ago
      That's just one take on the situation. What makes up that bundle is what I'm referring to. They aren't just blindly buying companies. Why exactly is OR interesting to Stripe?