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John Collison

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John Collison

@collision

Co-founder of @stripe.

California / Ireland

Joined April 2007

John Collison
@collision
May 25, 2022
As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.
John Collison
@collision
Apr 28, 2021
Roaring performance from @SpaceX Starlink in Ireland. (Partnering with Stripe for payments, of course!) Would be amazing for expanding broadband access in rural Ireland -- just plonk the dish down outside and plug it in. Hope they get full approval for Irish operations soon.
John Collison
@collision
Apr 25, 2024
Crypto is back. @stripe will start supporting global stablecoin payments this summer. Transactions instantly settle on-chain and automatically convert to fiat. Join the waitlist stripe.com/use-cases/cryp… and watch the demo (h/t @solana) from Sessions.
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John Collison
@collision
Nov 20, 2024
We need a total and complete shutdown of branding agencies until we can figure out what's going on.
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John Collison
@collision
Mar 10, 2022
Stripe now supports crypto businesses: exchanges, on-ramps, wallets, and NFT marketplaces. Not just pay-ins but payouts, KYC and identity verification, fraud prevention, and lots more.
Grow Your Business Globally with Crypto and Stablecoins | Stripe
From stripe.com
John Collison
@collision
Feb 7, 2022
Anyone who thinks that AI can't have free will hasn't attempted to use AirPods with multiple devices.
John Collison
@collision
Nov 11, 2025
Dave Ricks has been at @EliLillyandCo for 20% of its 150-year history. He came to the pub, poured his own Guinness, and gave us a 2-hour state of the pharma union: drug prices, clinical trials, patent clocks, the rise of generics, Chinese peptides, compounding pharmacies, the US
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John Collison
@collision
Feb 18, 2017
It's 2017. We have the technology. There's no excuse for every coffee cup not to have a pocket cookie.
John Collison
@collision
Aug 12, 2025
What it feels like to select o3 in the Legacy Models menu.
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John Collison
@collision
Jul 9, 2025
Pieter Levels (@levelsio) and I sat down over a pint to talk about how he’s making $3m a year as a one-person company, what Europe can do to spur economic growth, and his experience as a digital nomad in over 150 cities across 40 countries. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:37 Pieter’s
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John Collison
@collision
May 6, 2022
Patrick shared this note internally about the Financial Connections/Plaid kerfuffle. Glad to put it behind us, and I'm look forward to continued vibrant competition in fintech (which customers benefit from!) in the future.
John Collison
@collision
Mar 14, 2021
We just raised a Series H and shared more details on our progress in Europe: 🏢 1000 new jobs in Dublin HQ over next 5 years 💶 New investors including Allianz, AXA, and NTMA (Irish state) 📈 200,000 new EU businesses launched since March 2020
Stripe to create at least 1,000 new jobs in Ireland
From rte.ie
John Collison
@collision
Jan 28, 2022
Really hoping @rte The Den comes back. Otherwise, how will the youth of today get culturally significant content like this?
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John Collison
@collision
Oct 1, 2025
Marc Andreessen on Cheeky Pint. Please do not attempt at 2x speed.
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