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When Does John Collison Buy a New Skill Instead of Building It Inside Stripe?
John Collison says Stripe is more likely to build something that sits in the core of Stripe. A brand new muscle, like token routing, would take much longer to learn inside the company. A fast moving market can make an internal build a little bit out of date, because the market is totally different today than it was twelve months ago.
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John Collison, Stripe: AI Agents Will Rewire the Internet
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