Sources: Trump officials expect Elon Musk to spend $100M to $200M in the November midterm elections, with a focus on voter turnout in key races, including Texas (Hugo Lowell/Wired)

Stripe is set to acquire New York-based OpenRouter for $7.5 billion, allocating $1.5 billion to the startup’s founders and $6 billion to its investors. The deal merges Stripe’s payments platform with OpenRouter’s technology that routes business spending across AI models, positioning Stripe as a major player in the AI-driven services market.