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Stripe

Payment processing infrastructure for the internet.

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2010late stageWebsite

On the watchlist — 11.4k employees.

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Headcount
11.4k
0.0%
90d change
+0.8%
Funding events (90d)
0
4 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$483k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
13.5%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.6 yrs
Time since last raise
2y 3mo
runway question

Hiring flow · Stripe

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
4,408
+17%
Sales
900
+41%
Operations
854
+17%
Product
571
+9%
Analyst
536
+12%
Support
520
+29%
Finance
487
+7%
Human Resources
438
+15%
Other
1,580

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch2d ago
    Meet the judges who will crown Australia’s next breakout startup

    Stripe is the primary sponsor and partner of the event; judges include a Stripe executive and prize involves Stripe credits.

  2. TechCrunchHeadline5d ago
    Natural raises $30M to reinvent payments for AI agents — and take on Stripe

    Named in headline and discussed as Natural's primary competitor in redesigning payment infrastructure for AI agents.

  3. TechCrunchHeadline8d ago
    Applications close in 48 hours — here’s everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield

    Stripe is the primary partner and sponsor of this startup competition; central to the article's announcement and prize structure.

  4. CoinDeskHeadline8d ago
    Stripe and Swift race to control the next generation of global payments infrastructure

    Article is primarily about Stripe's $53B bid for PayPal and its competitive positioning in payments infrastructure.

  5. CoinDeskHeadline9d ago
    Stripe’s $53 billion PayPal bid is a high-stakes play to own the future of digital payments

    Primary subject; article focuses entirely on Stripe's $53B acquisition bid for PayPal and strategic rationale.

  6. TechCrunchHeadline10d ago
    Stripe and Advent reportedly offered to buy PayPal for around $53.4B

    Stripe is a primary subject of the article as one of two bidders in a reported $53.4B acquisition offer for PayPal.

  7. TechCrunch18d ago
    Final extension: Startup Battlefield Australia applications now close July 20

    Stripe is mentioned as the venue host (Stripe Tour Sydney) for the Startup Battlefield Australia pitch event, not as a primary subject.

  8. CoinDesk24d ago
    Jefferies warns against buying the dip in Circle as Open USD raises new competition fears

    Named as a major backer of the Open USD consortium but not a primary focus; mentioned as participant in new competitive threat.

Events

Funding · secondary market · $694M
2y ago
Funding · series unknown · $694M
2y ago
Funding · grant · $11M
3y ago
Funding · series i · $6.5B
3y ago
Layoff · 6.11% (518 roles)
Departures in 2022-11: 649 vs 6-mo baseline of 131 (4.95× spike). Derived from PDL.
4y ago

Score history