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Ask HN: What Is Stripe Today?

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I think Stripe’s internal strategy is a consolidation of products within its sector. Similar across other industries, such as cybersecurity, where I think Cloudflare is attempting to do the same. The broader idea is clearly enterprise consolidation. I think now is the correct period in the technology cycle for such consolidation.The influx of many enterprise companies was due to the advent from on premise computing/storage to the cloud, lowering the barrier to creating new companies. Hence, it was somewhat possible to create “Niche” enterprise businesses, such as a Dropbox or an Intercom. These businesses were able to create sustainable recurring profits because of a business model boom and customer captivity in terms of enterprise switching costs. Hence, none of these businesses are disappearing and should remain stable companies for a long time. There is a broader move to add company-adjacent products to further entrench customers and somewhat diversify from a core business.As costs ...

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