John Collison, Stripe: AI Agents Will Rewire the Internet

John Collison, Co-Founder of Stripe, on how AI agents are changing commerce, payments and the internet itself.

I sat down with John at Browserbase Navigate to talk agentic commerce, computer use, cybersecurity and why Stripe considers 2026 the beginning of the “singularity epoch.” We get into why computer use could be the next major leap in AI, how agents will reshape product discovery and transactions, and why Stripe is rebuilding parts of its infrastructure for AI instead of humans.

We also cover Stripe’s acquisitions of Bridge, Privy, Metronome and OpenRouter, usage-based billing, multi-model routing and how AI is already transforming workflows inside Stripe.

Browserbase builds infrastructure for AI agents that use the web, providing cloud browsers and tooling that let agents navigate websites and take actions across existing web interfaces.

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(00:00) Stripe’s $1.9T & Rebuilding for AI
(00:31) Why Agents Will Replace Web Forms
(02:20) How AI Rewires Commerce & Product Discovery
(04:40) Why AI Could Mean More Cyberattacks
(06:49) Why Stripe Says the Singularity Started in 2026
(09:29) Stripe Is Rebuilding Its APIs for AI Agents
(11:38) Why Stripe Bought Bridge, Privy, Metronome & OpenRouter
(15:12) When Stripe Builds vs. Buys
(16:55) How AI Is Changing Stripe Internally
(20:39) How John Keeps Up With AI
(23:28) The Coming Good Bot vs. Bad Bot Problem
(24:53) 17 Years of Lessons Building Stripe