I worked at Stripe for 4.5 years, and the mission is actually a different mindset than simply becoming a prosperous payments company. For example, Stripe Atlas

I worked at Stripe for 4.5 years, and the mission is actually a different mindset than simply becoming a prosperous payments company. For example, Stripe Atlas exists because it grows the GDP of the internet, not because it makes the company more profitable in payments. Obviously, the goal is for the newly minted businesses to be Stripe customers, but the more the overall "pie" of e-commerce grows, the more the company's slice of it becomes as well.