Stripe
Stripe provides developer-friendly payment infrastructure that enables businesses to accept payments, manage subscriptions, and handle complex financial operations through simple APIs, eliminating the complexity of traditional payment processing.
Last updated May 11, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated Jun 1, 2026
- Industry
- Financial Technology / Payment Infrastructure
- Business Model
- Usage-based Payment Processing
- Target Market
- All segments (Startups to Enterprise)
- Employee Count
- 5001-10000
- Funding
- $2.3B
- Revenue Range
- $14B-$16B
- Stock Symbol
- Not publicly traded
- API Available
- Yes
Leading online payment processing platform for internet businesses
Stripe is a financial technology company that provides online payment processing infrastructure for internet businesses. While not traditionally classified as an AdTech company, Stripe plays a significant role in the digital advertising ecosystem by enabling payment processing for ad platforms, publishers, and marketing technology companies. The company offers a comprehensive suite of APIs and tools that allow businesses to accept payments, manage subscriptions, prevent fraud, and handle complex financial operations at scale. Stripe has become one of the most valuable private fintech companies globally, serving millions of businesses from startups to Fortune 500 companies. In the AdTech context, Stripe powers payment infrastructure for advertising platforms, enables monetization for digital publishers, processes transactions for influencer marketing platforms, and facilitates payments between advertisers and ad networks. Its developer-first approach and robust API infrastructure make it a critical enabler of commerce within the broader digital advertising and marketing technology ecosystem.
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