4 ms·
OpenRouter already takes in around $140M in yearly revenue. How would paying 5% of yearly revenue make any sense for an acquisition??
by nateb2022 2mo ago
OpenRouter already takes in around $140M in yearly revenue. How would paying 5% of yearly revenue make any sense for an acquisition??
- Dylan16807 2mo ago> How would paying 5% of yearly revenue make any sense for an acquisition?? 50x revenue is also a crazy number. I wonder what happens more, companies selling for ≤5% revenue or companies selling for ≥50x revenue.
- nateb2022 2mo agoWell OpenRouter went from ~$5M in mid 2025 to ~$140M about a year later, so although 50x might be compared to current revenue, they probably factored in some growth models to approximate its value over time.
- leros 2mo ago10% would be more typical. Perhaps the math is that OpenRouter inside Stripe makes it twice as valuable. You often see acquisitions priced on the value of the company post-acquisition.