Stripe

Stripe is a global technology company that enables businesses to accept and process online payments. Founded in 2010, Stripe serves over 100,000 businesses in more than 100 countries with a suite of payment processing tools, including payment gateways, fraud prevention, and subscription management. Key executives include co-founders Patrick and John Collison, and the company has divisions in San Francisco, Seattle, Dublin, and Singapore. Competitors include PayPal, Square, and Adyen.

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The Hidden Costs of AI Shopping Payments

By Ann Gehan · Apr 15, 2026 10:30am PDT
Shoppers using AI are seeking refunds and disputing credit card charges at an elevated rate, highlighting the financial risks of AI-powered shopping, according to Carlo Bruno, vice president of product at payments firm Adyen. Companies must figure out how to handle that risk before AI can reliably tackle online purchases, Bruno said. The... Shoppers using AI are seeking refunds and disputing credit card charges at an elevated rate,...
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The Enigma of the Data Labeling Startup Explosion

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Apr 14, 2026 7:52am PDT
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the explosion of data labeling and reinforcement learning environment startups with a mix of confusion and awe. These companies, which hire experts in fields like medicine, law and software engineering and build fake copies of apps like Salesforce and Excel to produce training data for AI models, are... If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the explosion of data labeling and reinforcement learning...
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Polymarket Reverses Course on Startups That Piggyback on Insider Trades

By Michael Roddan · Apr 14, 2026 6:00am PDT
Polymarket was already under pressure to curb insider trading when it launched a program late last year to support startups that sent trades to its prediction market. Those companies quickly began handing suspected insider trading accounts to their own customers, letting them copy those trades. Now Polymarket has launched an audit of those... Polymarket was already under pressure to curb insider trading when it launched a program late...
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Stripe’s Stablecoin Startup Tangles With Sanctions and Scammers

By Michael Roddan and Yueqi Yang · Feb 3, 2026 6:00am PST · 1 comment
When Stripe acquired crypto startup Bridge last year, it described stablecoins as financial services “superconductors.” Thanks to Bridge, Stripe has since integrated stablecoins into an array of products, such as stablecoin cards that allow customers to spend crypto anywhere. Using stablecoins for payments turns out to be harder than it looks.... When Stripe acquired crypto startup Bridge last year, it described stablecoins as financial...