# Stripe

> Stripe is a financial infrastructure company that lets businesses accept payments and run their money operations through a set of developer-friendly APIs. Founded in 2010 by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, it powers everything from indie side projects to Fortune 500 checkouts, processing more than $1.9 trillion in payments in 2025. Beyond core card processing, Stripe offers billing, fraud protection, business incorporation, card issuing, tax automation, and banking-as-a-service, positioning itself as the economic layer of the internet.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** South San Francisco, California, USA & Dublin, Ireland (dual HQ)
- **Founders:** Patrick Collison (Co-founder & CEO), John Collison (Co-founder & President)
- **Team size:** Approximately 8,000+ employees
- **Products:** Payments, Connect, Atlas, Radar, Billing
- **Notable:** Reached a $159 billion valuation in 2026 while remaining private and self-funding, Processed more than $1.9 trillion in total payment volume in 2025, Grew payment volume 34% year over year

## Products & services

- **Payments** — Core online payment processing across cards, wallets, and 100+ local payment methods via a unified API.
- **Connect** — Payments infrastructure for platforms and marketplaces to route money to third-party sellers and users.
- **Atlas** — A tool to incorporate a US company, set up banking, and issue stock in a few clicks - popular with global startups.
- **Radar** — Machine-learning fraud detection built on Stripe's global payments network.
- **Billing** — Subscriptions, invoicing, and recurring revenue management for SaaS and usage-based businesses.
- **Issuing** — APIs to create and manage physical and virtual payment cards.
- **Terminal** — In-person and point-of-sale payments hardware plus SDKs, unifying online and offline commerce.
- **Treasury / Capital** — Banking-as-a-service and embedded business financing for platforms.
- **Tax** — Automated sales tax, VAT, and GST calculation and collection worldwide.
- **Sigma & Data Pipeline** — Custom SQL reporting and data-warehouse sync for finance and analytics teams.

## Achievements

- Reached a $159 billion valuation in 2026 while remaining private and self-funding
- Processed more than $1.9 trillion in total payment volume in 2025
- Grew payment volume 34% year over year
- Powers payments for a majority of the Fortune 100 in some capacity
- Largest acquisition to date: crypto/stablecoin startup Bridge for $1.1 billion
- Built one of the most admired developer platforms and documentation experiences in tech

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Stripe's valuation rose 74% to $159 billion via a tender offer for employees and shareholders, backed by Thrive Capital, Coatue, and a16z.
- **2026-01** — Acquired billing and usage-metering startup Metronome to strengthen its revenue and billing suite.
- **2025-12** — Revenue suite reported on track to hit a $1 billion annual run rate in 2026.
- **2025-06** — Acquired crypto wallet infrastructure provider Privy to deepen stablecoin and wallet capabilities.
- **2024-10** — Acquired stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, its largest acquisition to date.

## Links

- Website: https://stripe.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stripe
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/stripe
- GitHub: https://github.com/stripe
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/stripe
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stripehq/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StripeHQ

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Last updated: 2026-07-16