Stripe
South San Francisco, California, United States
Stripe builds programmable financial services—helping companies accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities using payments infrastructure and developer APIs.
- Focus Areas
- Payment processing, Merchant of record services, Stablecoin infrastructure
- Website
- stripe.com
Selective recent acquisition history
Updated September 2026
Payments, billing and business infrastructure
The selected deals span stablecoin and wallet infrastructure, merchant-of-record services, usage-based billing, AI routing and startup paperwork.
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Clerky
Clerky announced an agreement to join Stripe, bringing online legal paperwork services for startups; the announcement does not state a closing date.
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OpenRouter
Stripe announced an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model gateway and routing platform; this source reports an agreement, not completion.
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Metronome
Stripe announced completion of its acquisition of Metronome, a usage-based billing platform.
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Privy
Privy announced that Stripe would acquire its crypto wallet infrastructure business, subject to customary closing conditions at announcement.
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Bridge
Stripe completed its acquisition of Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure platform.
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Lemon Squeezy
Stripe acquired Lemon Squeezy, a merchant-of-record platform that handles payments, tax, and fraud for digital sellers.
Lemon Squeezy
Selected public announcements through September 19, 2026. Dates and deal status follow each source. This is not a complete acquisition list or confirmation that every announced agreement closed.
Frequently asked questions
What recent acquisitions has Stripe made?
Clerky announced an agreement to join Stripe, bringing online legal paperwork services for startups; the announcement does not state a closing date. Stripe announced an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, an AI model gateway and routing platform; this source reports an agreement, not completion. Stripe announced completion of its acquisition of Metronome, a usage-based billing platform. See the dated sources above for each record.
What acquisition themes appear in Stripe’s history?
The selected deals span stablecoin and wallet infrastructure, merchant-of-record services, usage-based billing, AI routing and startup paperwork. These are patterns in the selected records, not a confirmed current acquisition mandate.
How do Bridge and Privy differ?
Bridge provides stablecoin infrastructure for moving and storing money. Privy supplies embedded crypto wallets. The announcements describe complementary infrastructure rather than two purchases of the same product.
What does Metronome add to Stripe?
Metronome provides usage-based billing technology. The completion announcement connects it with monetization needs for businesses whose charges depend on consumption, including AI and software services.
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