Patrick Collison

Stripe, Paxos CEOs Say Payments Ecosystem Needs Stablecoins and Blockchain but Not CBDC
Stripe, Paxos CEOs Say Payments Ecosystem Needs Stablecoins and Blockchain but Not CBDC
March 11, 2025  |  Blockchain

Payment stablecoins, blockchain and other digital innovations, including tokenization, will enable more efficient money movement across the globe, while ensuring primacy of the U.S. dollar...

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Stripe Says AI Boom Drove 38% Increase in Payment Volume
Stripe Says AI Boom Drove 38% Increase in Payment Volume
February 27, 2025  |  Business

Stripe’s investments in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) contributed to the financial infrastructure platform’s rapid growth in 2024, co-founders Patrick Collison and John...

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Stripe’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Stablecoins Tops This Week in Web3
Stripe’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Stablecoins Tops This Week in Web3
October 23, 2024  |  Blockchain

Crypto observers nowadays must feel as though they’re suffering from déjà vu. While the cryptocurrency-based prediction and betting platform Polymarket is in the news for...

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Stripe Buys Lemon Squeezy in Bid to Scale Merchant of Record Selling
Stripe Buys Lemon Squeezy in Bid to Scale Merchant of Record Selling
July 29, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Payments processing startup Lemon Squeezy has been acquired by Stripe. Lemon Squeezy announced the acquisition on its blog last week, saying the deal marks a...

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Mark Zuckerberg Forms Advisory Council to Inform Meta’s AI Efforts
Mark Zuckerberg Forms Advisory Council to Inform Meta’s AI Efforts
May 22, 2024  |  Meta

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has created a product advisory council to provide guidance on the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) and technology efforts. The new Meta Advisory Group will meet...

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Stripe Co-Founders Say They’re Building ‘Software-Defined Financial Services’
Stripe Co-Founders Say They’re Building ‘Software-Defined Financial Services’
April 24, 2024  |  Fintech Investments

Today’s customers of the FinTech industry are no longer asking just for ways to accept online payments; they’re asking for “software-defined financial services.” So said Stripe co-founders Patrick...

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Stripe Reportedly Cuts Valuation for Third Time Since June 2022
Stripe Reportedly Cuts Valuation for Third Time Since June 2022
January 12, 2023  |  News

Stripe has reportedly reduced its internal valuation by 11%, the third cut since last year. The reduction represents an implied valuation of $63 billion for...

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