Stripe
Stripe has come up in 3 episodes of The Pattern, first on Thu 7 May 2026 and most recently on Mon 19 Oct 2026.
Going into a meeting about Stripe? Copy a one-page brief: the threads it sat in, who came up alongside it and the latest stories.
The threads it sat in
The idea that connected each episode's stories, latest first.
- Mon 19 Oct 2026Physical presence becomes the scarcest thing a brand can offer
- Tue 18 Aug 2026Objects beat content. The drop era is back
Every episode
- Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Ep 229Stripe records a 38-fold rise in AI agent purchases in September, led by retailNew AI assistants appear almost weekly, and many say Link handles their payments. Payment volume grew twentyfold, with average spend near $100.Via Techmeme / Upstarts Media · Brand and Business
- Tue 18 Aug 2026 · Ep 175Stripe acquires OpenRouter, which routes access to AI models.Enterprise procurement teams may want to plan for AI model costs, switching and billing running through one payments provider.Via Stratechery · Tech and Digital
- Thu 7 May 2026 · Ep 72Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
How we count: an episode counts once for Stripe when Stripe is the subject of a headline or story title, or is one of the names the episode covers and is named in a story, in the thread that connects the stories or in the audio. Being cited as a source does not count.
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