Stripe’s 2025 annual letter

The internet economy accelerated in 2025. The fastest-growing companies got even faster, agentic commerce and stablecoin payments started to kick into gear, and total payment volume on Stripe grew by a third as our customers continued to prosper. Our annual letter covers the trends that we think are worth paying close attention to as the pace of change accelerates. Timestamps (01:48) The sorting machine (05:45) Global by default (09:01) Stable progress (12:14) Working capital’s working. Capital! (15:09) Escaping from low revenue mode (18:33) The five levels of agentic commerce (23:52) A Republic of Permissions