Stripe, Inc. is a programmable financial services and payments infrastructure company that processed more than $1.4 trillion in payments for businesses in 2024. Stripe's Twitter Score is 212 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #2,098 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Stripe was co-founded by Patrick Collison, who serves as CEO, and John Collison, who serves as President. The company builds infrastructure for global money movement, including stablecoin payments, stablecoin payouts, stablecoin-backed card issuing, and a Crypto On-ramp product. Stripe re-enabled cryptocurrency pay-ins in April 2024, beginning with USDC stablecoin, after a prior hiatus. Matthew Huang, co-founder of Paradigm, serves as an independent director on Stripe's board.
Stripe has expanded its crypto infrastructure through acquisition. It completed the acquisition of Bridge in February 2025, in a deal reported as valued at $1.1 billion, adding stablecoin orchestration capabilities. Stripe then acquired Privy in June 2025, broadening its crypto wallet infrastructure. Together these moves position Stripe as a more integrated provider across stablecoin and fiat rails, including preview support for Stripe Treasury.
Stripe has received backing from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk. Stripe is also affiliated with Tempo and Circle Internet Group. Stripe's account has published 35,708 posts and has 289,077 followers as of August 2026. Stripe has been mentioned by 2,990 accounts, with 9,572 total mentions.
Stripe's portfolio includes Stellar, Pulley, Bloom Institute Of Technology, TrueLayer, Fast, Pioneer, Privy and Ramp.
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The accounts that follow Stripe include 852 founders, 228 angel investors, 315 influencers and 49 VCs. Among them are Stani, Mert, Fred Ehrsam, Threadguy, David Sacks and Joseph Lubin.