Europe vs the US: how big is the AI gap?

It’s big, but not across the entire AI stack

Oct 28 • Marisa Rama

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A Nobel Prize for thinking ahead

Why Hall and Woodford won the economics Nobel

Oct 13 • Ernie Tedeschi

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An empirical agenda for AI

Stripe data allows us to see AI’s impact on the economy as it happens.

Oct 8 • Ernie Tedeschi and Marisa Rama

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September 2026

The SaaSpocalypse was more like a RenaiSaaS

Introducing the Stripe SaaS Index

Sep 10 • Ernie Tedeschi

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August 2026

AI and the city

More businesses are forming outside major metros, but big cities still matter for frontier tech.

Aug 27 • Marisa Rama

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July 2026

AI and productivity

The story in the data so far (briefly)

Jul 23 • Ernie Tedeschi

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Is the UK missing out on the solopreneur boom?

Government statistics would say yes, Stripe data suggests otherwise

Jul 13 • Marisa Rama and Ernie Tedeschi

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Revealed willingness to pay for AC in Europe

Europeans spent more on air conditioning this year than last. Substantially more.

Jul 6 • Ernie Tedeschi

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June 2026

The age of the solopreneur

More solo founders, growing faster, powered by AI

Jun 22 • Ernie Tedeschi, Marisa Rama, and Chris Cruickshank

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May 2026

Solopreneurs, Solow, and the SaaSpocalypse

Four of my favourite charts from Stripe Sessions

May 19 • Ernie Tedeschi

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April 2026

The decline of travel agents

A case study in job displacement

Apr 21 • Ernie Tedeschi

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March 2026

K-shaped economy?

Yes on Wall Street, not yet on Main Street

Mar 17 • Ernie Tedeschi

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