Atlas, Stripe's service for helping founders incorporate companies without geographic restrictions, would not exist for 40-60% of companies that use it if Atlas didn't exist, representing a significant causal impact on the number of new businesses created globally.
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Patrick CollisonEvidence Quote
“when we survey companies started with atlas 60 of them tell us they would not exist uh if not for atlas you know they could be rock like maybe maybe some of them actually secretly would but maybe but maybe some of them are actually overstating their own resourcefulness or overstating maybe they're underestimating the challenges they would have faced and so i think that number could either be too high or it could be too low right but but let's be conservative and say that it's actually only 40”
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Patrick Collison: Philosophies for Running Stripe, Hiring, Decision Making, and Reading— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:17:01 PM
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