have been accused of mimicking the audio chat app Clubhouse with their own competing features, for example.from fellow financial technology firms including Bolt, a one-click checkout service, and Plaid, which allows fintech companies to access customer data securely.
Ryan Breslow, founder of Bolt, described Stripe as a "mob boss" in Silicon Valley, accusing it of colluding with investors like Y Combinator and Sequoia to make it harder for rival firms to compete. In a since-deleted tweet, Plaid CEO Zach Perret accused Stripe of using information obtained from an interview with Plaid to launch a similar product called Financial Connections.
In one tweet, Breslow — who has since stepped down as Bolt's CEO — accused Stripe of running a "monopoly on technical eyeballs," claiming the company made it harder for competing fintech firms to get coverage on Hacker News, a popular tech news website owned by Y Combinator."There are so many payment companies," he said, adding firms like