Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs

February 4, 2026 · 11:58 PM

Anthropic and OpenAI may be rivals, but their presidents Daniela Amodei and Gregory Brockman have one thing in common: they are both Stripe alumni. With former employees who went on to create dozens of startups,

Stripe alumni raise €30M Series A for Duna, backed by Stripe and Adyen execs

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