> Every company in the Forbes AI 50 that monetizes does so on Stripe.
That’s chilling.
Stripe started as a result of the PayPal Mafia.
"In 2011 the company received a $2 million investment, including contributions from Elon Musk, PayPal founder Peter Thiel" [1].
Also fun fact from the Founder's Wikipedia page
"In November 2024, Collison was criticized for visiting Israel and posting an image with the Israeli flag,[31] amid the Gaza war."[2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripe,_Inc. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Collison
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Stripe started as a result of the PayPal Mafia.
"In 2011 the company received a $2 million investment, including contributions from Elon Musk, PayPal founder Peter Thiel" [1].
Also fun fact from the Founder's Wikipedia page
"In November 2024, Collison was criticized for visiting Israel and posting an image with the Israeli flag,[31] amid the Gaza war."[2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripe,_Inc. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Collison