{"podcast":{"title":"DX Today | No-Hype Podcast & News About AI & DX","slug":"dx-today-no-hype-podcast-news-about-ai-dx-6434212","podcast_index_feed_id":6434212,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2207817.rss","website_url":"https://dxtoday.com/free-dxt-podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/dwohat9h5b61o3j3b9bhs8v3q3f1?.jpg","author":"Rick Spair","episode_count":780,"summary":"The DX Today Podcast: Real Insights About AI and Digital Transformation Tired of AI hype and transformation snake oil? This isn't another sales pitch disguised as expertise. Join a 30+ year tech veteran and Chief AI Officer who's built $1.2 billion in real solutions—and has the battle scars to prove it. No vendor agenda. No sponsored content. Just unfiltered insights about what actually works in AI and digital transformation, what spectacularly fails, and why most \"expert\" advice misses the mark. If you're looking for honest perspectives from someone who's been in the trenches since before \"digital transformation\" was a buzzword, you've found your show. Real problems, real solutions, real talk. For executives, practitioners, and anyone who wants the truth about technology without the sales pitch.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T10:19:19.051595+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dx-today-no-hype-podcast-news-about-ai-dx-6434212"},"episode":{"title":"Stripe's $10 Billion Bet on OpenRouter: Owning the Toll Booth of the AI Agent Economy - July 25, 2026","slug":"stripe-s-10-billion-bet-on-openrouter-owning-the-toll-booth-of-the-ai-agent-economy-july-25-2026","published_at":"2026-07-25T10:06:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dx-today-no-hype-podcast-news-about-ai-dx-6434212/stripe-s-10-billion-bet-on-openrouter-owning-the-toll-booth-of-the-ai-agent-economy-july-25-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dx-today-no-hype-podcast-news-about-ai-dx-6434212","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2207817/episodes/19547033-stripe-s-10-billion-bet-on-openrouter-owning-the-toll-booth-of-the-ai-agent-economy-july-25-2026.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2207817/episodes/19547033-stripe-s-10-billion-bet-on-openrouter-owning-the-toll-booth-of-the-ai-agent-economy-july-25-2026.mp3","summary":"Stripe's $10 Billion Bet on OpenRouter: Owning the Toll Booth of the AI Agent Economy - July 25, 2026 Stripe is reportedly in talks to acquire OpenRouter, the neutral model router that lets more than five million developers reach 300-plus AI models through a single API, in a deal that could value the startup near $10 billion. Chris and Laura unpack why a company with roughly $50 million in revenue commands a two-hundred-times multiple, how it fits alongside Stripe's Metronome billing play, a...","meta_description":"Stripe's $10 Billion Bet on OpenRouter: Owning the Toll Booth of the AI Agent Economy - July 25, 2026 Stripe is reportedly in talks to acquire OpenRouter,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":591,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dx-today-no-hype-podcast-news-about-ai-dx-6434212/episodes/stripe-s-10-billion-bet-on-openrouter-owning-the-toll-booth-of-the-ai-agent-economy-july-25-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dx-today-no-hype-podcast-news-about-ai-dx-6434212/stripe-s-10-billion-bet-on-openrouter-owning-the-toll-booth-of-the-ai-agent-economy-july-25-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}