Stripe Economics introduced the Stripe SaaS Index, a weekly same-business measure based on pay-in volumes processed through Stripe for non-AI SaaS companies. Its flagship aggregate index covered an average of 72,000 businesses per week in 2026 to date. The publication said it would host and update the indices online.
Average businesses covered per week
72,000 · Flagship aggregate index so far in 2026
Scope
Non-AI SaaS companies with payments processed through Stripe
Method
Weekly, same-business indices based on pay-in volume
Limits
Tracks gross SaaS demand trends and does not replace an income statement
Stripe, LLC published Stripe Economics, a newsletter of internet economics data and analysis. The earliest dated item in its public feed is Ernie Tedeschi's essay on a K-shaped economy. The feed does not identify an earlier launch announcement.
Stripe Press published Stewart Brand's Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One, an argument that maintenance is a central civilizational practice spanning buildings, infrastructure, software, and institutions.
Stripe Press published Brian Potter's The Origins of Efficiency, a study of the mechanisms by which production processes become faster, cheaper, and more reliable across industries.
Works in Progress opened subscriptions for a recurring print edition, adding a physical magazine to its freely available online essays. The publication retained its focus on economic growth, technology, policy, and human progress.
publishingDigital edition published; print preorders opened
Stripe Press publishes The Scaling Era
Stripe Press published The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019-2025 by Dwarkesh Patel with Gavin Leech, assembling interviews, essays, definitions, and visual explanations of modern artificial intelligence.
Stripe Press published Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation by Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber, arguing that speculative bubbles can coordinate capital and accelerate adoption of frontier technologies.
Stripe Press publishes its edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack
Stripe Press published an abridged edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack, Peter D. Kaufman's collection of Charles T. Munger's talks and ideas, with a new foreword by John Collison.
Stripe Press published Scaling People by former Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson, a practical operating guide to management systems, organizational design, hiring, and company communication.
Stripe Press and Structure Films released We Are As Gods, a feature documentary about Stewart Brand, after its planned 2020 SXSW debut was disrupted by the pandemic. It was Stripe Press's first feature documentary release.
Stripe Press launched Beneath the Surface, a documentary podcast hosted by Tamara Winter about infrastructure, cities, energy, transport, housing, and the people building responses to those systems.
publishingPublication acquired and funded by Stripe
Works in Progress joins Stripe
Works in Progress announced that it had joined Stripe, allowing its editorial team to work on the publication full-time. The editors said Stripe would fund the magazine while preserving editorial independence and free online access.
Stripe Press published an updated edition of Vannevar Bush's Pieces of the Action, his memoir of coordinating scientific research, government, and industry, with a new foreword by Ben Reinhardt.
Stripe Press published J. Storrs Hall's Where Is My Flying Car?, an investigation of technological stagnation and a case for renewed progress in energy, transportation, and physical technology.
Increment ended its run after 19 issues and more than 250 stories published between April 2017 and November 2021. Stripe preserved the magazine online as an archive of writing about software systems and engineering culture.
Stripe Press published a new edition of Michael S. Malone's The Big Score, a contemporaneous history of Silicon Valley's semiconductor, computer, venture-capital, and startup industries.
Stripe Press republishes The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Stripe Press published a redesigned edition of Richard W. Hamming's lectures on research, taste, learning, and ambitious technical work, with a new foreword by Bret Victor and redrawn figures.
Increment made annual print subscriptions available after previously distributing issues through selected channels. The move gave Stripe's software magazine a direct, recurring physical-publication model.
Stripe Press publishes The Making of Prince of Persia
Stripe Press published an illustrated edition of Jordan Mechner's development journals from the creation of Prince of Persia, documenting the creative and technical process behind an early landmark game.
Stripe Press published a new edition of Donald W. Braben's Scientific Freedom, which argues for funding high-potential researchers without conventional peer-review and short-term justification constraints.
Stripe Press published Nadia Eghbal's Working in Public, an analysis of modern open-source software production, maintainer labor, online communities, and the shift toward creator-centered internet work.
Works in Progress began as an online magazine covering economic growth, technology, policy, and practical improvements to human welfare. It initially operated independently before joining Stripe in 2022.
Stripe Press published An Elegant Puzzle by Will Larson, a field guide to engineering management that addresses organizational design, team sizing, technical strategy, and managing managers.
Stripe Press published Get Together by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, and Kai Elmer Sotto, a practical guide to building durable communities around shared purpose and participation.
Stripe Press published a new edition of M. Mitchell Waldrop's The Dream Machine, a history of J. C. R. Licklider and the researchers who developed interactive and networked personal computing.
Stripe Press launched its book program with Elad Gil's High Growth Handbook, a collection of operating advice and interviews for leaders scaling fast-growing technology companies.
Stripe Press published an updated edition of Martin Gurri's The Revolt of the Public, extending his analysis of how networked publics challenge the authority of hierarchical institutions.
Stripe introduced Stripe Press as a publishing imprint for books about technology, organizations, and progress. High Growth Handbook was its first release, with original works and revived editions planned for the early catalog.
Stripe Press published Tyler Cowen's Stubborn Attachments, a philosophical case for sustainable economic growth, broad human rights, and decision-making that gives future generations substantial moral weight.
Stripe launched Increment, a magazine about building and operating software systems, with an inaugural issue focused on on-call work. It mixed technical practice with reporting, essays, and illustration.
