Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by jez » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 2:37 PM UTC

Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter
stripe.com

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by fourseventy » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by rf15 » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

fourseventy wrote: post #2

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

Why ask for IPO to dillute the effective investor pool if you are already making a ton of money consistently?

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by ndr » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC

fourseventy wrote: post #2

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

Will they ever have to go public? I imagine there's a way they can buy everything back.

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by mercwear » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC

fourseventy wrote: post #2

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

I hope they hold off - going public tends to kill innovation and replace it with bureaucracy

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by jameson » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

fourseventy wrote: post #2

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

Everything's public appearance until S1 is filed

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by fourseventy » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC

rf15 wrote: post #3

fourseventy wrote: post #2

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

Why ask for IPO to dillute the effective investor pool if you are already making a ton of money consistently?

To give liquidity to investors.

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by baxtr » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

fourseventy wrote: post #2

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

It’s sad.

Public companies allow the rest of us to participate in a success story like this.

Until IPO it’s only a selected group of affluent people who have access to these private companies.

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by anovikov » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

mercwear wrote: post #5

fourseventy wrote: post #2

It's insane that they aren't public yet. Their investors must be pressuring them like crazy to IPO.

I hope they hold off - going public tends to kill innovation and replace it with bureaucracy

Almost as if there's a lot to innovate in a "dumb pipe" a payment processor naturally is.

Re: Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter

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Post by Cyph0n » Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC

fourseventy wrote: post #7

rf15 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why ask for IPO to dillute the effective investor pool if you are already making a ton of money consistently?

To give liquidity to investors.

Don’t they already get to participate in secondary markets to liquidate?