Trump urges Congress to pass the Clarity Act at a White House event with execs including the CEOs of Coinbase and Robinhood; the bill has stalled in the Senate (Bloomberg)

Stripe will acquire New York-based AI routing startup OpenRouter for roughly $7.5 billion, allocating $1.5 billion to the founders and $6 billion to existing investors. The deal merges Stripe’s payments platform with OpenRouter’s technology that lets businesses direct spending across various AI models, a move seen as a major consolidation in the artificial-intelligence sector.