Fundraising Fox

/Mafias

The Stripe Mafia

157 people came through Stripe and went on to found or lead other companies.

Hemant TanejaInvestor (former Board Member)Founded Hippocratic AI +1 Matt HuangBoard MemberFounded Avarra Enterprise Avatar and AI-simulation +3 Patrick CollisonCEOFounded Auctomatic John CollisonPresidentFounded Auctomatic Greg BrockmanFounding Engineer, then first CTOFounded OpenAI Daniela AmodeiEarly employee — Risk ManagerFounded Anthropic Arvid LunnemarkSoftware EngineeringFounded Cursor Parker ConradMember Board of DirectorsFounded Zenefits +1 John WangSoftware EngineerFounded Dashbase +3 Stefano BernardiGTMFounded Unruly Capital +2 Brian BrunnerSoftware EngineerFounded Cheddar +2 Jim StonehamCMOFounded Opsmatic +1 Mike MahlkowGrowthFounded Fastgen +1 Eswar DhinakaranSoftware EngineerFounded Flow +1 Eric ChenEngineering ManagerFounded Injective +1 Ian TraceyTech Lead / EngineeringFounded Hydrant +1 Thiago PeresStaff Product ManagerFounded Rally +1 Eric ZhangStaff Software EngineerFounded Sponge +1 Na'ama MoranPrivate InvestorFounded Sourcery +1 Saeid KianTechnical Program ManagerFounded Ribbon +1 Francisco TolmaskyCEO of RunKitFounded RunKit +1 Kevin XuSoftware EngineerFounded FanHero +1 Rui AguiarSoftware Engineer InternFounded cosmon +1 Sam GerstenzangProductFounded Moxie +1 Bryan BergStaff Software EngineerFounded Standard Capital Stephen MarcusAngel InvestorFounded Riot Ventures ↗︎Emrecan DoganHead of Product, Identity & B2B PaymentsFounded ScoreBeyond Jonas SchneiderSoftware Engineering InternFounded Daedalus Shravan ReddyEngineering LeaderFounded Pixelapse John EganHead of product, CryptoFounded Sendoid Veronica HomuthAdministrative Business PartnerFounded Covariantai Dana Malman WarrenHead of Global Strategic Platform PartnershipsFounded Sendoso Misha FrolovStaff Product DesignerFounded More Labs Florian SeroussiInvestorFounded Evercontact Shekinah AdewumiBusiness Development - 3D SecureFounded Apata Alex MacCawEngineerFounded Clearbit Will NicholsStrategy & Operations, ProductFounded Umamicart Stephen RolandStartup Partner LeadFounded Keyboard Thomas PunGrowth ConsultantFounded Nowmov Courtland AllenIndie HackerFounded Siasto Ryan DamicoProduct Lead, B2B PaymentsFounded Crocodoc Michael GlukhovskyDeveloper RelationsFounded RethinkDB Gabe RaglandStaff EngineerFounded Imgfave Roger GuStrategic segment GTM lead for Issuing/BaaSFounded Emburse Ashwin KumarProduct Manager, Banking-as-a-Service (Startups)Founded Sway Finance Peter XuSoftware EngineerFounded Wanderlog Jarred SumnerFront End EngineerFounded Bun Will MegsonProduct LeadFounded Bouncer Antoine BoulangerEngineering Leader, Engineering Effectiveness & ObservabilityFounded Okay Vahid Fazel-RezaiSoftware Engineering InternFounded Overfit Carlos Rodriguez-RosarioFrontend EngineerFounded Waypoint Amey ChauguleStaff Software EngineerFounded Denormalized Agni BhattacharyaProduct ManagerFounded Alma Arjun BisenManager, Product Risk & StrategyFounded Overwatch Khurram AslamProduct ManagerFounded Laminate Matt DuVallEngineeringFounded Numeral Sandeep DineshSenior Software EngineerFounded Mercoa Danna LiuSoftware EngineerFounded PoplarML Evan ChuSoftware Engineering InternFounded PoplarML Gabe VillasanaMachine Learning EngineerFounded GovEagle Divyagnan KandalaSenior Software EngineerFounded LinkGrep Peter MartonStaff Software EngineerFounded OpenMeter Lindsey ReddSenior Software EngineerFounded Loula Saif FarooquiData ScientistFounded Corgi Labs Sriya MaramCompliance and Product InternFounded Persana AI Miles JohnsonSenior Software EngineerFounded moonrepo Jean-Michael DieiMachine Learning EngineerFounded PropRise Matthew KragerSoftware InternFounded PropRise Andy QinSoftware EngineerFounded OpenTools Dani PenevSoftware EngineerFounded Slicker David GraunkeSoftware Engineer, Risk EngineeringFounded SafetyKit Tony YangSenior Software EngineerFounded SyntheticFi Dasha CherepennikovaProduct Manager - Stripe ClimateFounded Line.Build Prasoon ShuklaSenior Data ScientistFounded Pretzel AI Ramon GarateIntegration EngineerFounded Pretzel AI Nikki ShahProductFounded Patchwork Pranav KashyapProduct ManagerFounded Central Ali HaghaniSoftware EngineerFounded Circleback Tolu AlabiProduct ManagerFounded Cleva Aash JainSoftware EngineerFounded Sample Dylan WalkerSoftware Engineer InternFounded Lumona Zach Yellin-FlahertySoftware EngineerFounded Superunit Kyle LiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Gait Archit MehtaSoftware EngineerFounded Stamp Veronica NuttingSoftware EngineerFounded Harbera Robertson TaylorSolutions ArchitectFounded Calltree Nikhil TiwariSoftware EngineerFounded Frekil Eshani MehtaSoftware EngineerFounded Lumari Christopher LambertSoftware EngineerFounded BitPatrol Nishant HoodaSoftware EngineerFounded Docket Daniel Tulha HochstetlerSoftware EngineerFounded Astor Vijit DhingraSoftware EngineerFounded Lark Jack BrownSoftware EngineerFounded Lark Stefan KrugerVice President of Engineering - PaystackFounded Lua Global Inc Fabian LindforsSoftware Engineering InternFounded Specific Jae ChoiSoftware EngineerFounded Sponge

Frequently asked questions

What is the Stripe mafia?: The Stripe mafia is the network of 157 people who came through Stripe and went on to found or lead other companies, including Hippocratic AI, Avarra Enterprise Avatar and AI-simulation, Auctomatic, OpenAI, Anthropic.
Who is in the Stripe mafia?: Notable members include Hemant Taneja (Hippocratic AI), Matt Huang (Avarra Enterprise Avatar and AI-simulation), Patrick Collison (Auctomatic), John Collison (Auctomatic), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), Daniela Amodei (Anthropic), Arvid Lunnemark (Cursor), Parker Conrad (Zenefits), among 157 tracked members.
What companies did Stripe alumni found?: Companies founded by Stripe alumni include Hippocratic AI, Avarra Enterprise Avatar and AI-simulation, Auctomatic, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, Zenefits, Dashbase, Unruly Capital, Cheddar.