# Patrick Collison

> Patrick Collison is co-founder of Stripe and co-founder, Stripe of LLC. Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), Stripe Identity and Stripe API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Stripe. Co-founder, Stripe, LLC.

Patrick Collison is co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with John 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. In 2021 he co-founded Arc Institute, a non-profit research organisation.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison/
- X: https://x.com/patrickc

## What Patrick builds

- [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.
- [Stripe Identity](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stripe-identity.md), graded A, 78.7/100, in Identity & 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.
- [Stripe API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stripe-mcp.md), graded A, 82.9/100, in Payment & 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.

## Works with

- [Andrej Karpathy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrej-karpathy/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Durk Kingma](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/durk-kingma/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Elon Musk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elon-musk/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Greg Brockman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/greg-brockman/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Ilya Sutskever](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ilya-sutskever/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [John Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-collison/), Co-founder, Stripe
- [John Schulman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-schulman/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Pamela Vagata](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pamela-vagata/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Sam Altman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-altman/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Trevor Blackwell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/trevor-blackwell/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Vicki Cheung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vicki-cheung/), Co-founder, OpenAI
- [Wojciech Zaremba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/wojciech-zaremba/), Co-founder, OpenAI

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [Baillie Gifford](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/baillie-gifford/)
- [Founders Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/founders-fund/)
- [MSD Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/msd-capital/)
- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)
- [GIC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gic/)
- [Goldman Sachs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/goldman-sachs/)
- [Temasek](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/temasek/)

## Questions

### Who is Patrick Collison?

Patrick Collison is co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with John 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. In 2021 he co-founded Arc Institute, a non-profit research organisation.

### What does OpenAI and Stripe, Stripe, LLC, Stripe make?

Anchor 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).

### Who has invested in OpenAI and Stripe, Stripe, LLC, Stripe?

The 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.

### How are Patrick's tools graded?

Agentic 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.

## Sources

- https://www.agenticcommerce.dev
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/main/MAINTAINERS.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/main/README.md
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stripe
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
- https://stripe.com/gb

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