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How Stripe Became the Operating System for Internet Commerce
In this episode of Startup Stories, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of Stripe, the payments company that grew from a seven-line integration to the backbone of online commerce. They unpack the specific moment when Stripe solved the 'checkout page problem' that PayPal couldn't and how the founders' obsession with developer experience created a network effect that processed over a trillion dollars in payments annually by early 2026. Along the way, they explore Stripe's controversial decision to price its IPO at $27.5 billion in 2025 and what that says about founder…
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