Sources told The Wall Street Journal that a sale earn the three-year-old start-up roughly $10bn.

Stripe is reportedly in talks to acquire OpenRouter, a New York-based start-up that lets users access several AI models through a unified platform.

According to The Wall Street Journal, a transaction could earn OpenRouter roughly $10bn. It was last valued, reportedly, at around $1.3bn following a $113m raise in May led by Alphabet’s venture arm CapitalG.

Sources told the publication that a deal could be announced soon. SiliconRepublic.com has reached out to Stripe to confirm the validity of the report.

Founded in 2023, OpenRouter is a new type of marketplace that offers users access to more than 400 large language models (LLM) from around 70 providers. It routes requests to the best available provider, letting users shop around based on price and other factors.