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Stripe Dates The Singularity To Jan. 1 And Prices It At $8 Billion

Stripe, the payments company, has set Jan. 1 as the date for the technological singularity and priced it at $8 billion, based on its growth and acquisition of OpenRouter. However, Census data suggests the evidence for an AI-driven economic shift is more complicated.

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Stripe Dates The Singularity To Jan. 1 And Prices It At $8 Billion
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By Josipa Majic Predin, ContributorSource:

Forbes InnovationStripe’s growth and OpenRouter acquisition make a bold case for an AI-driven economic shift. Census data suggests the evidence is more complicated.

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