Lithic is a card-issuing and processing infrastructure company that was originally launched as Privacy, a consumer virtual-card service, before pivoting to a developer-focused issuer-processing platform. Its legal entity, Lithic, Inc., was formerly known as Pay with Privacy, Inc. Lithic's Twitter Score is 12 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #80,920 among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Lithic was co-founded by Bo Jiang as Co-Founder and CEO, Jason Kruse as Co-Founder and CTO, and David Nichols as Co-Founder and CDO. The company provides a modular card-issuing and processing stack and states that it powers card programs for more than 100 clients. Lithic identifies itself as a fintech company and not an FDIC-insured bank.
Lithic offers infrastructure purpose-built for stablecoin-backed card programs, covering real-time authorization against external ledgers or wallet balances, card issuance, fraud controls, and multi-currency processing. In September 2025, Lithic and Rain announced a strategic partnership to support stablecoin-powered card programs, reflecting growing demand for crypto-native payment rails.
Lithic has attracted backing from a range of investors, including Mastercard, Bessemer Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Index Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Stripes, Commerce Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, and Exor. Lithic has 2,095 followers as of August 2026 on the platform and has published 1,025 posts. Lithic has been mentioned by 48 accounts, with 95 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Lithic include 48 founders, 14 angel investors, 9 influencers and 6 VCs, among them Laura Shin, mikedemarais.eth, joseph.eth, Cuy Sheffield, Rob Hadick and Kris.