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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Stripe. Co-founder, Stripe, LLC.\n\nJohn Collison is co-founder and president of Stripe, which he started with Patrick Collison in 2010 with backing from Y Combinator. The two had earlier built Auctomatic, a Y Combinator-funded maker of tools for eBay sellers that was acquired in 2008.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbcollison/\n- X: https://x.com/collision\n\n## What John builds\n\n- [Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/acp.md), graded C, 61.3/100, in Agent checkout protocols. Open checkout spec from OpenAI and Stripe (2025-09-29). Co-founder, Stripe, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [Stripe Identity](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stripe-identity.md), graded A, 78.7/100, in Identity \u0026 business verification. Stripe Identity verifies government-issued photo IDs from more than 120 countries, matches them to selfies and validates US Social Security numbers. Sessions are created and read through the Stripe API, and the end user completes the check in Stripe's flow. Co-founder, Stripe, LLC, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [Stripe API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stripe-mcp.md), graded A, 82.9/100, in Payment \u0026 monetisation platforms. Card, stablecoin and billing APIs with a hosted MCP server (mcp.stripe.com, 15 tools including generic stripe_api_read and stripe_api_write). Co-founder, Stripe, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andrej Karpathy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrej-karpathy/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Durk Kingma](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/durk-kingma/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Elon Musk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elon-musk/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Greg Brockman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/greg-brockman/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Ilya Sutskever](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ilya-sutskever/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [John Schulman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-schulman/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Pamela Vagata](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pamela-vagata/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Patrick Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/patrick-collison/), Co-founder, Stripe\n- [Sam Altman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-altman/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Trevor Blackwell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/trevor-blackwell/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Vicki Cheung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vicki-cheung/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Wojciech Zaremba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/wojciech-zaremba/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)\n- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Baillie Gifford](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/baillie-gifford/)\n- [Founders Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/founders-fund/)\n- [MSD Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/msd-capital/)\n- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)\n- [GIC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gic/)\n- [Goldman Sachs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/goldman-sachs/)\n- [Temasek](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/temasek/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is John Collison?\n\nJohn Collison is co-founder and president of Stripe, which he started with Patrick Collison in 2010 with backing from Y Combinator. The two had earlier built Auctomatic, a Y Combinator-funded maker of tools for eBay sellers that was acquired in 2008.\n\n### What does OpenAI and Stripe, Stripe, LLC, Stripe make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), Stripe Identity and Stripe API + MCP from OpenAI and Stripe, Stripe, LLC, Stripe. Open checkout spec from OpenAI and Stripe (2025-09-29).\n\n### Who has invested in OpenAI and Stripe, Stripe, LLC, Stripe?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Baillie Gifford, Founders Fund, MSD Capital, Thrive Capital, GIC, Goldman Sachs and Temasek.\n\n### How are John's tools graded?\n\nAgentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) is graded C, 61.3 out of 100; Stripe Identity is graded A, 78.7 out of 100; Stripe API + MCP is graded A, 82.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.agenticcommerce.dev\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/main/MAINTAINERS.md\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/main/README.md\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stripe\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI\n- https://stripe.com/gb\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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