Comment by HDBaseT

Stripe started as a result of the PayPal Mafia.

"In 2011 the company received a $2 million investment, including contributions from Elon Musk, PayPal founder Peter Thiel" [1].

Also fun fact from the Founder's Wikipedia page

"In November 2024, Collison was criticized for visiting Israel and posting an image with the Israeli flag,[31] amid the Gaza war."[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripe,_Inc. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Collison