Stripe: The Startup That Made Online Payments Easier to Build
How did Stripe turn a difficult part of launching an online business into a developer-friendly service? Explore the founders’ insight, product choices, and infrastructure-led growth.
Supabase: The Startup Selling Faster App Development Without Hiding the Database
A profile of Supabase, exploring its PostgreSQL-based backend platform, developer-led adoption, hosted-service business model, and portability trade-offs.
Linear: The Startup Winning Software Teams Through Product Discipline
A profile of Linear’s software-team focus, subscription model, customer adoption, and the challenge of growing without losing its product simplicity.
Retool: Building a Startup Around the Software Customers Never See
A profile of Retool’s internal software business, covering its customer appeal, recurring pricing model, enterprise adoption, and competition from AI coding tools.
Cursor: The Startup That Made AI Coding a Subscription Business
A profile of Anysphere’s Cursor, covering its reported revenue milestones, subscription model, developer adoption, and the costs of AI coding assistance.