Stripe's Agents Wrote 30% of Code in a Week, Shipped Global Tax Filing 3x Faster
a16z · x · 2026-08-18
In an a16z interview, Stripe President Will Gaybrick covers how agents are used at Stripe:
- Agents wrote 30% of code in a week, and global tax filing shipped in 1/3 the time the US version took;
- Internal tool "Minions" produces 7K one-shot PRs per week;
- After AI made sellers 20% more productive, Stripe hired even more sellers;
- Thesis: while the industry sees agents as cost-cutting, Stripe uses them to build more—checkout pages will disappear, agents plus stablecoins make micropayments real, and tokens are becoming a currency worth protecting like dollars.
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