Series D+ · Founded 2010
Stripe
Payments infrastructure for internet businesses, from startups to global enterprises.
Overview
Stripe built the default payments API for developers and has since expanded into billing, tax, treasury and identity. Its strategic position rests on developer distribution and authorisation-rate performance rather than headline processing fees.
Key metrics
- Payment volume
- $1.4T
- Net revenue
- $5.1B
- Countries
- 47
- Gross margin
- ~78%
Annualised total payment volume
Estimated, latest full year
With local acquiring
Software and platform revenue
Products
Timeline
2010
Founded
Launched as /dev/payments with a seven-line integration.
2016
Atlas launches
Company incorporation product pulls in international founders.
2021
$95B valuation
Raised $600M at what was then the highest US private valuation.
2024
Profitability
Reported positive cash flow with a stated intent to stay private longer.
2026
AI-native billing
Usage-based billing rebuilt around agentic and token-metered pricing.
Compensation at Stripe
Reported median total compensation by role.
| software engineer | $268k |
| product manager | $254k |
| data scientist | $241k |
| product designer | $232k |
| engineering manager | $318k |