Everything on AI Payments

AI payments and token routing are emerging as strategic infrastructure, as shown by Stripe acquiring Open Router. Control over AI transactions, credits, and usage data is becoming a new source of platform value.

Impact: Control over billing, credits, and usage data can create new revenue pools. Companies that own the transaction layer may capture value beyond model development.

— from AI Agents, Robotics, and Infrastructure Shape New Markets · Die Nerd Show· Aug 17, 2026