Stripe CEO talks agentic commerce with a16z: why it hasn't had its Opus moment yet
jeff_weinstein · x · 2026-08-18
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison sat down with a16z's David George for a wide-ranging conversation:
- Stripe and the state of agentic coding, which he analogizes to plastic injection molding in the 1940s — a general-purpose empowerment technology taking off;
- Why agentic commerce hasn't yet had its "Opus 4.5 moment" of capability leap;
- How to scale taste in an era where anyone can build fast.
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