# Patrick Collison

*CEO of Stripe, a key Tempo backer.*

Patrick Collison is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, the payments company that co-incubated Tempo with Paradigm. His connection to Tempo is as a corporate backer and advocate through Stripe rather than an operating role; Tempo is run as a separate company led by Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang.

## At a glance

- **Type:** person
- **Category:** people
- **Status:** active

## Key facts

- **Prior startup:** Before Stripe he co-founded Auctomatic, a web-based tool for high-volume sellers, which was acquired by Live Current Media in 2008. _(confidence 60%)_
- **Connection to Tempo:** His link to Tempo runs through Stripe, which co-incubated the payments-first Layer 1 with Paradigm; he is a corporate backer and advocate, not an operator of the network. _(confidence 93%)_
- **Who leads Tempo:** Tempo operates as a separate company led by Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang; no primary source names Collison in any Tempo operating role. _(confidence 90%)_
- **When the Tempo tie became public:** Stripe's involvement became public on September 4, 2025, when Stripe and Paradigm unveiled Tempo and Collison described its payments use cases. _(confidence 92%)_
- **Stripe's stablecoin push:** Under Collison, Stripe acquired the stablecoin platform Bridge, part of the stablecoin strategy that sits behind Tempo. _(confidence 80%)_

## Sources

1. [https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/28/auctomatic-acquired-by-live-current-media-for-5-million/](https://techcrunch.com/2008/03/28/auctomatic-acquired-by-live-current-media-for-5-million/)
2. [https://www.paradigm.xyz/2025/09/tempo-payments-first-blockchain](https://www.paradigm.xyz/2025/09/tempo-payments-first-blockchain)
3. [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/09/04/stripe-paradigm-unveil-tempo-as-blockchain-race-for-high-speed-stablecoin-payments-heats-up](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/09/04/stripe-paradigm-unveil-tempo-as-blockchain-race-for-high-speed-stablecoin-payments-heats-up)
4. [https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-completes-bridge-acquisition](https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-completes-bridge-acquisition)

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Last reviewed: 7 Jun 2025  
Canonical: https://tempo.dataos.so/entity/patrick-collison  
Source: tempowiki (https://tempo.dataos.so) — an independent, sourced reference for the Tempo ecosystem. Not affiliated with Tempo, Stripe, or Paradigm.