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International and global policy comms at Stripe. Previously Google, and a few other places. When not working: 🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️🎸📚🏕️ 🥾👨‍🍳.

The Netherlands, Brussels
Joined June 2009
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During my meeting with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, I spoke about the lives of our people under constant Russian attacks and our diplomatic efforts with partners to achieve peace. I thank His Majesty for his support and for the meeting. The Netherlands is one of Ukraine’s closest and most reliable partners. We value all the assistance provided. It is important that we can be confident that support for our people will continue. @koninklijkhuis
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New @Stripe Economics post from @llamamrama on the AI gaps b/t the US & the EU. The US leads on aggregate AI revenues & consumer adoption. But dive more deeply & the picture is more nuanced, with US-EU gaps closing or even reversing along some measures. stripeeconomics.com/p/europe…
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British AI application companies are only lagging behind American ones by revenues by about 50%, adjusted for nominal GDP. European ones are at 20%.
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Tomorrow on Cheeky Pint: @sama of @OpenAI
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We at Stripe Press are looking for a new Managing Editor, based in New York City. Come and join the most exciting publisher in business.
I’m hiring an NYC-based Managing Editor for @stripepress. The ideal person for this role has substantial editorial experience at a publishing imprint or another publication and is fluent in our universe of ideas, but ideally isn’t my (or our) ideological twin. Stripe Press is a small team with an unusual amount of autonomy. Right now we’re obsessively focused on the future: expanding our catalogue, rethinking our assumptions about the kinds of books we publish (fiction!?), and thinking about how to connect our readers w/ one another beyond the pop-ups we’ve been hosting since 2022. Hoping to meet a lot of brilliant people who love books and are excited about building a world-class publishing institution: stripe.com/careers/listing/m…
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Introducing 'stripe pay', for instant business-to-business transfers. Find companies using their Stripe profile handle and send funds for free. Available in the Dashboard and CLI.
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A few of you have asked: yes, we built the @link balance using @privy_io for wallets, @tempo for stablecoins, and @stripe for onramp. (The magic of crypto is when you never know.)
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You misspelled “Russia”.
What’s actually going on in Ukraine is that there is a massive incentive difference between the elites and the people. The former have grown very rich off the hundreds of billions flowing to Ukraine, while the latter’s children are conscripted to die in trenches.
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I’m speaking at the launch of Wij Willen Groei, the Dutch pro-growth movement, next week Thursday. If you’re in Amsterdam, you should join us.
Replying to @wijwillengroei
We beginnen op donderdag 29 oktober, precies een jaar na de verkiezingen, vanaf 19.00 uur in Amsterdam. Zorg dat je erbij bent en praat mee met o.a. @jortkelder, @LawrenceNewport en @PieterGaricano. Bouw mee, pionier mee: wijwillengroei.nl
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When you hear Trump's team brag about how much they have given to Ukraine, here are the actual numbers.
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"Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much." - President Trump, earlier today
A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children. I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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The @stripe mcp server (and cli) is quickly becoming a business factory. With mcp.stripe.com your agent can... - Help you form a company via @atlas - Build your integration and start accepting payments - Manage funds with Treasury - Handle customer support inquiries - Monitor your business performance Read more about how you can go from idea to company with just a prompt: stripe.dev/blog/go-from-idea…
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PS I’ve met Putin many times and listened in on calls with him as well. I also speak Russian. Yes he is soft spoken, deliberate, and measured. So what? He’s still a killer. He still launched a barbaric invasion of Ukraine, that has produced tragic loss of life not seen on this scale in Europe since WWII.
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Let there be bitterballen
honestly, i fucking love the Netherlands "why aren't the trains running?" "the traffic control left to have drinks at an office party"
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Trump has now firmly allied the United States with an imperial dictatorship. Tragic, embarrassing, and not in Americas national interest. Thankfully, the US is still a democracy, and not a monarchy. Hopefully that fact will allow us as country to change these imprudent policies.
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.
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At this point the whole EU Inc negotiations are so lost in the details that everyone forgot the main goal: Creating a standard. Basically, allow founders to raise quickly globally and use stock options to hire competitively. Let’s say it quite clearly: 1) If EU Inc isn’t providing a standard it’s useless. We already got 30+ legal entities in Europe. Experienced founders use Delaware Inc already because of this. 2) If EU Inc doesn’t fix stock options Delaware Inc is still the better option. I understand the there are complex details and people are worried about loopholes. But you can’t lose the actual goal of it because of it. An EU Inc that doesn't provide a standard is pointless. Nobody will care about intricacies of compromises reached in political committees if the market can't use the outcome. If you are in contact with your political leaders (prime ministers, presidents, et al) please reach out to them. Or to founders/investors in your network who might have that access. 🔥🇪🇺✌️ teapaw.org/euinc_petition/status/…
Europe’s founders need a European standard to compete globally from day one. Europe’s leaders committed to delivering one. But their teams are negotiating away the very things that make it one. There is still time to change course if Europe's Heads of State step in now.
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10 years of @StripeJapan 🇯🇵 I celebrated in Tokyo with @mshrnakagawa on @tbs_bloomberg, talking about trust in AI-powered payments, agents that transact, and how AI is changing work. Also best meals of my life 🍣
「人間ではなくAIが買い、AI同士が取引する」 OpenAI・Anthropicも頼る米決済サービス「Stripe」のデータから見えてくる【AIエージェント経済学】を読み解きます Stripeのデータ・AI責任者であり、ハーバード大学で博士号を取得した経済学者のエミリー・サンズさん @emilygsands に、MCの中川雅博 @mshrnakagawaが迫ります
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First guest to get absolutely hammered, start a fight with the barman and get kicked out of the bar? Tune in tomorrow to find out
Tomorrow on Cheeky Pint: @willob of Ulysses joins @sacca and me to discuss why seagrass is the ultimate carbon sink, scaling underwater hard tech (deep tech?), and selling sea drones to the US Navy.
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It was a pleasure to welcome EU Commissioner @EUCssrMcGrath to @stripe's Dublin HQ this morning for a timely conversation on European competitiveness ahead of the EU AI Summit. As AI changes how companies form, grow and reach global markets, Europe needs to ensure it is a leading location to start and scale an ambitious business. Now is the moment to build on that dialogue, for Europe's founders and investors to make their voices heard across European capitals and help shape an ambitious EU Inc. proposal that enables European businesses to grow and scale. @euinc_petition
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I’m very biased, but the new @WorksInProgMag is IMO a masterpiece in both design and content. worksinprogress.co/print/
The @WorksInProgMag team has outdone themselves this time, I didn’t know that was possible We got flaps and everything! What a stunning piece of art!
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