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Stripe’s 2025 annual letter
Episode 24

Stripe’s 2025 annual letter

Cheeky Pint

February 24, 202627m 44s

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Show Notes

The internet economy accelerated in 2025. The fastest-growing companies got even faster, agentic commerce and stablecoin payments started to kick into gear, and total payment volume on Stripe grew by a third as our customers continued to prosper.

Our annual letter covers the trends that we think are worth paying close attention to as the pace of change accelerates.

Timestamps
(01:48) The sorting machine

(05:45) Global by default

(09:01) Stable progress

(12:14) Working capital’s working. Capital!

(15:09) Escaping from low revenue mode

(18:33) The five levels of agentic commerce

(23:52) A Republic of Permissions