He's orchestrating 16 agents and he's going a whole lot faster.
Will GaybrickPresident, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business) · Executive, 
Stripe
Interview: Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), August 17, 2026. Reported by David George.
Will Gaybrick, President, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business). A senior executive who runs product and business teams and says internal AI numbers on the record; Gaybrick is promoting the company, and the interview host's firm (a16z) invests in Stripe.
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Will Gaybrick (Stripe), Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), 2026-08-17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5iICDVn5gc Archived at https://the-ai-record.com/passages/stripe-hes-orchestrating-16-agents-hes-going-whole-2026
about 30% of our PRs in that week came from Minions
Will GaybrickPresident, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business) · Executive, Stripe
Interview: Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), August 17, 2026. Reported by David George.
last week, I think 7,000 PRs came from minions
Will GaybrickPresident, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business) · Executive, Stripe
Interview: Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), August 17, 2026. Reported by David George.
seller productivity has increased by 20%
Will GaybrickPresident, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business) · Executive, Stripe
Interview: Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), August 17, 2026. Reported by David George.
we're not saying, "Wow, we need fewer sellers." We're saying, "So, we need a lot more sellers."
Will GaybrickPresident, Technology and Business (also styled President of Product and Business) · Executive, Stripe
Interview: Tokens Are the New Dollars | Stripe's Will Gaybrick & David George (podcast episode: "Stripe’s AI Strategy: Build More, Not Less"), The a16z Show (podcast and YouTube channel of Andreessen Horowitz, an investor in Stripe), August 17, 2026. Reported by David George.
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