Episode

John and Patrick Collison on Stripe's Growth, Agent Commerce, and the Future of Software

Podcast: The a16z Show
Published: Apr 28, 2026
Duration seconds: 1202
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This interview with Stripe cofounders John and Patrick Collison originally aired on TBPN. They discuss Stripe's 34% growth and new employee tender offer, how agent commerce and stablecoins may require high-throughput blockchains built for millions of transactions per second, and why the economics of software are shifting from mass-produced products to bespoke, on-demand systems cooked fresh at the moment of use.