Stripe

Stripe has evolved from a developer-facing payments API aimed at SMBs into a full-stack financial infrastructure platform powering businesses of all sizes – from startups to Fortune 100s. Its core strength remains online payments, but its value proposition has expanded to include embedded finance, finance automation, data infrastructure, and crypto-based money movement. With over $1.4 trillion in annual TPV in 2024, Stripe now serves as the financial backbone for many of the world’s fastest-growing companies, including vertical SaaS platforms and AI-native startups. As commerce becomes more global, automated, and software-defined, Stripe’s opportunity grows, alongside the pressure to execute across an increasingly complex product surface and competitive landscape.