Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm, to build a new blockchain
In Brief Posted: 2:07 PM PDT · September 4, 2025 Image Credits:SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images Julie Bort Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm, to build a new blockchain Stripe is funding a new blockchain company called Tempo, co-founder CEO Patrick Collison announced on Thursday. Tempo is aimed at high-volume processing of stablecoins — coins that help reduce crypto’s notorious volatility because they are pegged to a stable asset like the U.S. dollar. That’s not surprising given that Stripe acquired stablecoin company Bridge. What is surprising is the eye-popping list of companies Stripe has already enlisted: Anthropic, Coupang, Deutsche Bank, DoorDash, Lead Bank, Mercury, Nubank, OpenAI, Revolut, Shopify, Standard…