# Alex Atallah

> Alex Atallah is co-founder and CEO. OpenRouter on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CEO.

Alex Atallah co-founded OpenRouter, a marketplace and gateway for AI models, with Louis Vichy in 2023. He previously co-founded the NFT marketplace OpenSea with Devin Finzer in 2017. OpenRouter announced in August 2026 that it is joining Stripe.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexatallah/
- X: https://x.com/alexatallah

## What Alex builds

- [OpenRouter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openrouter.md), graded B, 68.6/100, in Model APIs & inference. One OpenAI-compatible API in front of 80+ model providers, at the providers' own token prices, with fallbacks and routing controls. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Chris Clark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-clark/), Co-founder and COO
- [Louis Vichy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/louis-vichy/), Co-founder

## Backed by

- [CapitalG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/capitalg/)
- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)
- [ServiceNow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/servicenow/)
- [MongoDB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mongodb/)
- [Snowflake](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/snowflake/)
- [Databricks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/databricks/)
- [AMP PBC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amp-pbc/)
- [Pace Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pace-capital/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Alex Atallah?

Alex Atallah co-founded OpenRouter, a marketplace and gateway for AI models, with Louis Vichy in 2023. He previously co-founded the NFT marketplace OpenSea with Devin Finzer in 2017. OpenRouter announced in August 2026 that it is joining Stripe.

### What does OpenRouter make?

Anchor Terminal lists OpenRouter from OpenRouter. One OpenAI-compatible API in front of 80+ model providers, at the providers' own token prices, with fallbacks and routing controls.

### Who has invested in OpenRouter?

The sources our research read name CapitalG, NVIDIA, ServiceNow, MongoDB, Snowflake, Databricks, AMP PBC, Pace Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures.

### How are Alex's tools graded?

OpenRouter is graded B, 68.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/capitalg_from-cloudflare-and-stripe-to-databricks-activity-7495919802742435840-4x_C
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexatallah/
- https://x.com/alexatallah
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswclark/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisgv/
- https://openrouter.ai/
- https://openrouter.ai/support
- https://openrouter.ai/support/new

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