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Simon Taylor, co-founder at 11:FS, highlights that Stripe has become the fourth most valuable private company in the world, with a valuation of $159 billion.
According to Taylor, only Anthropic, OpenAI, and ByteDance are valued higher than Stripe. He also mentions that Stripe now surpasses Databricks, Waymo, and Ant Group. Taylor underscores Stripe's prominence in the payments sector and its association with leading AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic.
Taylor has previously commented on major payment industry developments. In March, he confirmed the $38 billion settlement between Visa and Mastercard and 12 million merchants over swipe fees. Taylor has also noted Jamie Dimon's criticism of Brian Armstrong's stablecoin stance in a Fox interview.