Stripe said it's acquiring OpenRouter, as the payments company expands into the artificial intelligence model market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the New York Times said the price tag is about $7.5 billion, with $1.5 billion allocated to OpenRouter's founders. The deal will "maximize profitability by routing their requests intelligently and spending their tokens efficiently," Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said in a statement. Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder of Stripe, speaking at 2022's Italian Tech Week in Turin, Italy. Giuliano Berti | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stripe said Wednesday that it plans to acquire the startup OpenRouter,...