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OpenRouter Hits $1.3B Valuation After $113M Series B Led by Google’s CapitalG

AI gateway startup OpenRouter has raised $113 million in a Series B round led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth venture fund, lifting its valuation to approximately $1.3 billion — more than double the $547 million it commanded just a year ago following a Series A backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia.

Founded in 2023, OpenRouter gives enterprises AI-powered access to over 400 models — including those from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and DeepSeek — automatically routing tasks to the most cost-effective or accurate option. The platform now serves 8 million users and processes roughly 100 trillion tokens monthly, a fivefold increase in six months.

The fundraise signals that the multi-model era has arrived, with enterprises actively resisting vendor lock-in as AI agents become central to their operations.

James Dargan
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James Dargan is a writer and researcher at The AI Insider. His focus is on the AI startup ecosystem and he writes articles on the space that have a tone accessible to the average reader.

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