Stripe Declares the Singularity Started on New Year's Day
Stripe, the payments company best known for processing your Shopify checkout, told shareholders in a letter that the singularity officially began on January 1, 2026. Its evidence? A surge in new company formations, plus vibes. The claim echoes Sam Altman and Elon Musk's recent singularity chatter, and lines up with OpenAI and Microsoft's old definition of AGI as "generates $100 billion in profit." Why it matters: when the people who move the world's money start declaring humanity's transcendence based on startup registration stats, it's worth asking who actually benefits from that narrative.
Nothing says "machines have surpassed human intelligence" like a fintech company's shareholder letter written to pump its own valuation.