Stripe宣称已进入奇点时代,并以此为由推迟IPO
原标题:Stripe declares we're living in the singularity and uses it as a reason not to IPO
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支付公司Stripe在致投资者的信中宣称,自1月1日起人类已进入‘奇点’时代,并以此为由推迟IPO,认为私营状态更利于应对不确定性。Stripe同时确认以超过80亿美元收购AI模型路由公司OpenRouter,并强调其业务正从支付基础设施扩展至AI经济基础设施。该公司业绩强劲,上半年收入同比增长41%,其客户包括OpenAI和Anthropic等。
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Stripe declares we're living in the singularity and uses it as a reason not to IPO Stripe says we're living in the singularity, and therefore, regrettably, can't IPO. In an investor letter obtained by Axios, the payments company calls the singularity "a fuzzy and perhaps already overworked term," but says it "decided that January 1st marked the beginning of the singularity." What Stripe means by that is "a large inflection in long-run trends (for example, a huge increase in the rate of new firm