John Collison
@collision
Co-founder of @stripe.
Founder and CEO of The Bot Company @kvogt—who also cofounded Twitch and Cruise—shares a pint and discusses robots doing your household chores, the autonomy industry, Tesla vs Waymo, and how future $100b companies will look different. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:38 The Bot Company…
One of the best parts of Stripe is working with the world's most interesting businesses. Taking advantage of this, we're launching a podcast where we host founders and leaders for a cheeky pint in our hastily-constructed office pub. Coming soon: episodes with @gdb, Meta’s Susan…
HUGE. The MOSAIC rule is out. faa.gov/newsroom/MOSAI… Biggest bombshell is the stall speed limit for airplanes moves from 54 knots clean to 61 knots with flaps down. This covers MANY more aircraft. It is a huge deregulation of general aviation. /ht @starsandrobots
If you have seen me in person in the past few weeks, it's likely that I was ranting to you in an incoherent, wild-eyed manner about FAA's MOSAIC rulemaking. It's awesome. We're gonna get some sick planes. Here's the blog post version. elidourado.com/p/personal-avi…
I didn’t realize saying “It’s my treat” meant I had to pay for everyone. I was just trying to say it’s my treat
*chatgpt sawing off my leg* Your screams are not just 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 — they’re 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗨𝗟 💪
When someone has “Do Not Disturb” on it’s like oh ok I didn’t realize the great philosopher was in their hour of seclusion pardon me for even daring to enter their precious mind palace
Congrats, @figma @zoink! What a great business.
Figma $FIG just filed their S-1 - 13 Million MAUs - 95% of Fortune 500 companies use Figma - $821 million in LTM Revenue (+49% YoY) - Net Revenue Retention Rate: 132% - Non-GAAP Operating Margin of 18% What market cap will this IPO at?
In my new capacity as a podcaster, I must entreat you not to forget to like and subscribe.
The majestic Boeing Stearman on the apron at Weston today. A great mix of old and new alongside the @Bristow_Group AW189, both adding some great colour on a summer's day! 🌞😎
We're working with our friends at @coinbase and @Shopify to enable stablecoin payments.
Stablecoins like USDC have grown to over a trillion dollars in monthly transaction volume. But they haven’t seen mass adoption in mainstream commerce. @Shopify is partnering with @coinbase and @stripe to change that. Merchants can now accept USDC payments from hundreds of…
millions of businesses on @shopify will soon be able to accept USDC—with help from @stripe and @stablecoin stablecoins are quietly and undramatically being woven into the fabric of everyday commerce more here -->
Shopify will enable USDC (Stablecoins on @Base) in Checkout via Shopify Payments and Shop Pay. Early access starts today, roll out throughout the year. We think that stablecoins are a natural way to transact on the Internet and worked with coinbase to develop the commerce…
PAYMENT COMPANY STRIPE TO ACQUIRE CRYPTO WALLET PROVIDER PRIVY
Crypto wallets are going to play an increasingly important role in the growth of the internet economy. Delighted to welcome @privy_io to @stripe to make it easier for developers to build the next wave of onchain infrastructure.
1/ Today, we're proud to announce that Stripe is acquiring Privy. We couldn’t be more excited. Privy will continue as an independent product – but now we’ll move faster, ship more, and serve you even better, so you can stay focused on your users.