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 Briefing

Why OpenAI's TBPN Deal is No Joke

By Martin Peers · Apr 2, 2026 5:00pm PDT · 2 comments
OpenAI’s shuttering of Sora wasn’t meant to be the end of its adventures in video generation, it turns out. Instead of using AI to generate videos, OpenAI wants to use videos to drive AI adoption.That’s one way of looking at the company’s rather startling decision on Thursday to buy TBPN, the Silicon Valley talk show that specializes in schmoozy... OpenAI’s shuttering of Sora wasn’t meant to be the end of its adventures in video generation, it...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Briefing

Mixed OpenAI Investor Signals

By Cory Weinberg · Apr 1, 2026 5:00pm PDT
Four months ago, Sam Altman got testy with one of his own investors, Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner, in a podcast soundbyte heard round the world. “Brad, if you want to sell your shares, I’ll find you a buyer,” Altman said.Indeed, he seems to have found plenty of buyers. Four months ago, Sam Altman got testy with one of his own investors, Altimeter Capital’s Brad...
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AI Agenda

Claude Code Leak Reveals Always-On ‘Kairos’ Agent

By Rocket Drew, Stephanie Palazzolo and Aaron Holmes · Apr 1, 2026 7:00am PDT
Anthropic’s cybersecurity employees have probably spent the past week scolding their colleagues. After accidentally publishing a blog post last week containing details of its next flagship AI model, Claude Mythos, the company on Tuesday said it had accidentally leaked some of the source code powering its popular Claude Code coding agent.In... Anthropic’s cybersecurity employees have probably spent the past week scolding their colleagues....
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OpenAI Wrongfoots Disney
By Martin Peers and Ann Gehan · Mar 24, 2026 5:00pm PDT
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The Briefing

OpenAI Wrongfoots Disney

By Martin Peers and Ann Gehan · Mar 24, 2026 5:00pm PDT
Walt Disney Co. must be so glad it committed to investing $1 billion in OpenAI and becoming a customer of the ChatGPT creator. The theme park and entertainment firm agreed to both steps as part of a deal struck last December in which it licensed its characters for use on OpenAI’s Sora video-generation tool. On Tuesday, OpenAI decided to shut... Walt Disney Co. must be so glad it committed to investing $1 billion in OpenAI and becoming a...
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Exclusive

AWS Accelerates Internal AI Agents Following Staff Cuts

By Kevin McLaughlin · Mar 24, 2026 6:00am PDT
Amazon Web Services is developing AI to automate functions in its sales, business development and other groups where it recently laid off hundreds of employees or even more. For instance, AWS has been developing an AI agent that helps its sales employees provide customers with fast answers to technical questions, according to two people who have... Amazon Web Services is developing AI to automate functions in its sales, business development and...
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Exclusive

OpenAI’s Shopping U-Turn Could Complicate Enterprise Playbook

By Ann Gehan · Mar 23, 2026 6:00am PDT · 1 comment
OpenAI’s abrupt shopping pullback earlier this month didn’t just raise questions about its decision-making. It also affected several commerce and payments firms, including PayPal and Etsy, that have put in work to help the ChatGPT maker expand the high-profile shopping venture and are now in limbo as it sorts out what’s next. And in the case of... OpenAI’s abrupt shopping pullback earlier this month didn’t just raise questions about its...
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The Weekend

AI’s Enthusiasm Chasm

By Abram Brown · Mar 21, 2026 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A rising star at Microsoft has a challenging new job• Defense Tech: Anduril’s big bet? An Ohio weapons factory • Tech Culture: Fat with funding, AI startups binge on private parties• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Blood Will Tell”; “The Complex” and “This Is Where... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A rising star at Microsoft has a...
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Apple Acquisition Talks, Fraud Accusations: Behind One App Startup’s Nasty Split
By Aaron Tilley · Mar 21, 2026 5:00am PDT
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Apple Acquisition Talks, Fraud Accusations: Behind One App Startup’s Nasty Split

By Aaron Tilley · Mar 21, 2026 5:00am PDT
Last summer, Apple held talks to acquire Lux Optics, a tiny startup that makes Halide, one of the most popular and critically acclaimed camera apps in the App Store. The deal never happened. Instead, a couple months after the talks ended, Apple began recruiting Sebastiaan de With, Lux’s co-founder and designer—a revelation to the startup’s... Last summer, Apple held talks to acquire Lux Optics, a tiny startup that makes Halide, one of the...
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Dealmaker

An SEC Idea That Could Jolt the IPO Market

By Katie Roof · Mar 19, 2026 3:33pm PDT
Quarterly earnings could be going away. Will this result in more IPOs?One of the hallmarks of investing in public stocks is receiving quarterly updates from the companies. Those financial results and, even more so, forecasts can sink or lift stocks. Preparing them is such a time-suck for company executives that some startup founders have pointed... Quarterly earnings could be going away. Will this result in more IPOs?One of the hallmarks of...
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Coinbase Dives Into AI Agent Payments

By Yueqi Yang · Mar 18, 2026 10:10am PDT
Crypto exchange Coinbase is moving fast to build the infrastructure that allows AI agents to make payments, seeking a lead in the nascent market that could become a battleground for payments firms. Coinbase and Zerohash, a crypto infrastructure startup, are among the companies vying to issue a new stablecoin for Cloudflare that is set to launch... Crypto exchange Coinbase is moving fast to build the infrastructure that allows AI agents to make...
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The Big Read

Fast-Growing Kings League Looks to Conquer America With Lean Approach to Pro Sports

By Simon Parkin · Mar 13, 2026 9:01am PDT
Unlike London’s Wembley Stadium, with its arcing steel crown, or the University of Michigan’s Big House, cavernous and iconic, Barcelona’s Cupra Arena is easy to miss. It occupies a dockside warehouse on the outskirts of the city, unremarkable from the road, if not for the gusts of applause that rattle the corrugated walls. It’s home to the... Unlike London’s Wembley Stadium, with its arcing steel crown, or the University of Michigan’s Big...
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What the Iran War Means for the Funding of AI
By Ken Brown · Mar 11, 2026 8:00am PDT
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The Information Finance

What the Iran War Means for the Funding of AI

By Ken Brown · Mar 11, 2026 8:00am PDT
For much more on AI finance, please join me and my colleague Cory Weinberg at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 27, for The Information’s Financing the AI Revolution forum. Hear from top executives and investors on how the rapid buildout of AI is reshaping tech, finance, and capital markets. Learn more here.It’s hard to overstate how... For much more on AI finance, please join me and my colleague Cory Weinberg at the New York Stock...
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Exclusive

OpenAI’s Shift to Shopping Apps Faces Even More Hurdles

By Ann Gehan and Sri Muppidi · Mar 11, 2026 6:00am PDT · 3 comments
With OpenAI suddenly scaling back on chatbot checkouts, its foray into shopping hinges on convincing retailers to set up shop with dedicated apps within ChatGPT—and getting people to buy stuff there. It faces hurdles on both fronts. ChatGPT apps have been around for just a few months—available for around 100 consumer firms, including... With OpenAI suddenly scaling back on chatbot checkouts, its foray into shopping hinges on...
Airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7. Sasan/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.
The Briefing

Iran, IPOs and the Stockmarket

By Martin Peers · Mar 9, 2026 5:00pm PDT
It’s a good thing SpaceX is thinking of June for its upcoming IPO. There has to be a decent chance the current Iran war has ended by then, restoring some stability to the market. Then again, these hostilities could easily spread. Not only is the IPO market not necessarily safe, but there’s a cloud of uncertainty now hanging over the economy and... It’s a good thing SpaceX is thinking of June for its upcoming IPO. There has to be a decent...
A plume of smoke rises from the Zayed Port following a reported Iranian strike in Abu Dhabi on March 1, 2026. Photo by Ryan Lim / AFP via Getty Images.

Iran War Imperils $300 Billion in Gulf AI Spending

By Miles Kruppa · Mar 8, 2026 8:00am PDT
The war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend more than $300 billion on data centers, chips and other AI investments, crimping a potential source of funding for power-hungry tech companies. Countries such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia have become big destinations for data centers. Local firms are developing the projects,... The war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend more than $300 billion on data...