# clm_E764F61B4199

subject: OpenRouter (/record/openrouter.md)  
predicate: acquired  
value: [Stripe](/record/stripe.md)  
valid_from: 2026-08-19  
valid_to: null  
published: 2026-08-19  
recorded: 2026-10-29  
confidence: 0.70  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-10-31  
checked: 2026-10-31 · its source page states the value and the date  

> There are few companies on earth we would have considered selling to; our mission, our neutrality, and our lead in the market make the story for independence strong. We would only join a company if we thought we could do more together, faster, without compromising any of them. Stripe is that company

What https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/openrouter-is-joining-stripe/ says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/openrouter-is-joining-stripe/ (primary, OpenRouter, published 2026-08-19)

---

AsOf is a temporal fact ledger: a structured, dated, sourced record of what is true and what changed, built for AI retrieval.