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The Stripe Mafia

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

Matt HuangBoard MemberFounded Hotspots Patrick CollisonCo-founder & CEOFounded 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 Stefano BernardiGTMFounded Unrulycap +1 John WangSoftware EngineerFounded Assembled +1 Brian BrunnerSoftware Engineering ManagerFounded DataShare +1 Mike MahlkowGrowthFounded Fastgen +1 Ian TraceyTech Lead / EngineeringFounded Hydrant +1 Emrecan DoganHead of Product, Identity & B2B PaymentsFounded ScoreBeyond Shravan ReddyEngineering LeaderFounded Pixelapse John EganHead of CryptoFounded Sendoid Misha FrolovStaff Product DesignerFounded More Labs Alex MacCawEngineerFounded Clearbit Curtis LeeInvestments and AcquisitionsFounded Pinwheel 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 Max NussenbaumWriterFounded Castle Roger GuStrategic segment GTM lead for Issuing/BaaSFounded Emburse Ashwin KumarStartup Partnerships, Y CombinatorFounded Sway Finance James ZhangSoftware EngineerFounded Polly Peter XuSoftware EngineerFounded Wanderlog Joel KaracozoffHead of YC PartnershipsFounded Balto Will MegsonProduct LeadFounded Bouncer Eswar DhinakaranSoftware EngineerFounded Flow 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 Eric ChenEngineering ManagerFounded Cakework 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 EngineerFounded PropRise Andy QinSoftware EngineerFounded OpenTools Mike BifulcoStaff Developer AdvocateFounded Craftwork Dani PenevSoftware EngineerFounded Slicker David GraunkeSoftware Engineer, Risk EngineeringFounded SafetyKit Tony YangSoftware Engineer InternFounded SyntheticFi Dasha CherepennikovaProduct Manager - Stripe ClimateFounded Line.Build Prasoon ShuklaSenior Data ScientistFounded Pretzel AI Ramon GarateIntegration EngineerFounded Pretzel AI Nikki ShahProductFounded Patchwork Tommy GuoEngineeringFounded Copper Health 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 Ray MorganEngineering LeaderFounded Vibe Katia BazziEngineering ManagerFounded Vibe Kyle LiSoftware Engineer InternFounded Gait Archit MehtaSoftware EngineerFounded Stamp Thiago PeresStaff Product ManagerFounded Rally 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 Paul BaeSoftware EngineerFounded args Vijit DhingraSoftware EngineerFounded Lark Jack BrownSoftware EngineerFounded Lark Stefan KrugerVice President of Engineering - PaystackFounded Lua Global Inc Fabian LindforsSoftware Engineering InternFounded Specific Eric ZhangStaff Software EngineerFounded Sponge Jae ChoiSoftware EngineerFounded Sponge Rishab LuthraSoftware EngineerFounded Sponge Jason ZhanSoftware EngineerFounded Memoir Akira TongSoftware Engineer InternFounded Arga Labs Ryan MorrisseySoftware Engineer InternFounded Hoplite

Frequently asked questions

What is the Stripe mafia?: The Stripe mafia is the network of 91 people who came through Stripe and went on to found or lead other companies, including Hotspots, Auctomatic, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor.
Who is in the Stripe mafia?: Notable members include Matt Huang (Hotspots), Patrick Collison (Auctomatic), Greg Brockman (OpenAI), Daniela Amodei (Anthropic), Arvid Lunnemark (Cursor), Parker Conrad (Zenefits), Stefano Bernardi (Unrulycap), John Wang (Assembled), among 91 tracked members.
What companies did Stripe alumni found?: Companies founded by Stripe alumni include Hotspots, Auctomatic, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cursor, Zenefits, Unrulycap, Assembled, DataShare, Fastgen.