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Economic infrastructure for the internet.
Backed by Y Combinator · a16z (portfolio)
Launched out of Y Combinator’s 2009 Summer batch, Stripe is a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size—from new startups to public companies—use our software to accept payments and manage their businesses online Stripe is a proud partner of YC companies—from Airbnb (S09) to Defog (W23)—to help them grow their businesses and increase the GDP of the internet.
Stripe provides financial infrastructure that helps businesses accept payments, manage subscriptions and billing, and move money globally. It emphasizes configurable payment and financial tooling that scales from small startups to large enterprises.
Stripe offers a comprehensive platform for payments, billing, and financial services with flexible models. It enables online and in-person payments, supports multiple currencies and methods, allows embedded payments and no-code components for platforms, provides tools for card issuing and borderless money movement, and offers professional services and support. It also highlights integration options via APIs, prebuilt integrations, and a partner ecosystem to orchestrate payments across multiple processors while handling compliance and risk.
Who it’s for: Businesses of all sizes needing payments, billing, and financial infrastructure, including platforms, startups, enterprises, retailers, and technology teams building embedded payments or platform monetization.
significant traction and enterprise adoption (Fortune 100 usage, multiple case studies) and ongoing hiring/expansion implied by enterprise-focused messaging
How Stripe’s homepage introduced itself over the years — each line is the page title the web actually saw, linked to that moment’s archived capture.
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