Stripe is a programmable financial services company with headquarters in South San Francisco and Dublin. Millions of businesses, from startups to large enterprises and AI companies, use its APIs to accept payments online and in person, manage subscriptions, pay out marketplace sellers and handle tax and fraud. It remains private, with ownership held by the Collison brothers, employees and investors such as Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California and Dublin, Ireland.
Stripe earns most of its money from fees on payments it processes, typically a percentage plus a fixed fee per card transaction, with negotiated rates for large enterprises. On top of that it sells software and services: Connect for platforms and marketplaces that pay out sellers, Billing and the wider Revenue suite for subscriptions and usage-based pricing, Tax, Radar fraud screening, Terminal for in-person payments, Issuing for cards, Treasury and money movement, and stablecoin infrastructure through Bridge. Stripe said its Revenue suite was on track for a $1 billion annual run rate.