The problem
Teams building with AI need many models without separate contracts, keys, outages and cost blind spots
What they do
One API and marketplace to reach, route and manage 400+ AI models
Traction ARR $10M (Oct 2025) to $50M (Apr 2026); 10T+ tokens/day, 10M+ developers
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 29
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~90
~90 staff (Aug 2026); open roles ~19 in Aug to 28 now (est.)
Hiring in
- SF Bay Area
- New York
- Singapore
- Remote (US)
- Remote (APAC)
Latest news
Aug 2026
Now part of Stripe: agreed Aug 2026 to be acquired for a reported ~$7.5B; runs under its own brand ↗Funding
- Last round
- $113M
- Stage
- Series B (Stripe acquisition agreed Aug 2026)
- Date
- May 2026
Led by CapitalG
- Hiring+1.529 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency+2Series B (Stripe acquisition agreed Aug 2026) · $113M, May 2026 (5 months ago): 6 months or less = +1.5, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: ARR $10M (Oct 2025) to $50M (Apr 2026); 10T+ tokens/day, 10M+ developers
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total5.01.5 + 2 + 1.5 − 0 = 5.0 → Sprint (4.75 or more)
Distance (Half) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Half · edge: grows with users
Largest model gateway with 10M+ developers and both sides of the market on it; zero-markup gateways and in-house routing press on fees.
Sources: OpenRouter blog: joining Stripe (Aug 2026) ↗ · TechCrunch: Series B at $1.3B (May 2026) ↗ · AOYII: take-rate pressure from Vercel, Cloudflare, LiteLLM (Sep 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026