We discuss: * what it takes to process $1 trillion/year * how to build multi-decade APIs, companies, and relationships * what's next for Stripe (increasing the GDP of the internet is quite an open ended prompt, and the Collison brothers are just getting started). Plus the amazing stuff they're doing at Arc Institute, the financial infrastructure for AI agents, playing devil's advocate against progress studies, and much more. 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 * Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/patrick-collison * Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/patrick-collison-stripe-ceo-craft-beauty-the-future/id1516093381?i=1000646268840 * Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CN45zb7saXUjlVuUtmbEZ?si=kHwGCph2Sg2M9w5HSglzGw * Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒