Zach Abrams (@zcabrams) on X (original) (raw)

Cofounder, CEO Bridge (acq. by Stripe). Founded Evenly (acq. Square). generalist by temperament. mediocre athlete.

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  We closed our acquisition with
  @stripe
  ! Together we’re scaling digital dollars to businesses everywhere. Stablecoins aren't the future—they're *already* transforming how people move money. Couldn't be more excited to build this future together with the Stripe team. Link to the
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  Bridge is joining forces with Stripe! I’m incredibly excited We started 2.5 years ago and we’ve done a lot since then :) We’re going to do a whole lot more in the years ahead. This is an important milestone, but we’re still at the very beginning of the Bridge journey. We
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  In 2011, I left my job in finance to start a company. I didn’t have any experience in tech, didn’t know ppl in the industry, and in fact didn’t even really know what engineering, product and design were. If I can make it thru this startup journey, anyone can. A thread 👇
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  ~half of this yc batch is working on (1) ai for sales teams, (2) support ai, or (3) ai analytics. the next great computing platform is here and our best minds are building sales tools. quite uninspiring. not a single company using ai to push forward education, creatives, etc
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  🎉 Bridge ×
  @Visa
  are launching stablecoin card issuing Together, we've built one card program that can serve the world. Developers can now launch global cards in minutes. Excited to initially launch with
  @fusewallet
  &
  @airtminc
  across the US, LATAM and more.
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  incredible to see all the support now back to work we have even more to build now
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  new office w the whole team. such a good feeling. reminds me of SF 10y ago.
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  we first met w sequoia in May 22. They invested in Dec 23.
  @shaunmmaguire
  intro'd us to spacex (and pushed us hard to think bigger),
  @josephinekchen
  connected us to some of our first customers,
  @Alfred_Lin
  helped us reason through scaling problems ... If you can meet w sequoia,
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  We've been building Bridge for 2.5 years. Very excited to finally share more about what we do and why we're doing it. Sean and I also spent time with
  @leomschwartz
  to tell our story. Our blog is below. And article is here --> x.com/leomschwartz/s…
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  can we please just get stablecoin legislation?! Why on earth are we debating cardano right now
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  1/ Launching Tempo Bridge was one of the first companies to use blockchains to solve core payments problems. During our journey, we’ve seen how even the most performant blockchains struggle with basic financial services use cases.
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  Today,
  @Stablecoin
  submitted its application for organizing a national trust bank to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The charter would allow Bridge to operate under a unified federal framework consistent with the GENIUS Act. Through this bank, we'll provide:
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  starting a company is getting 99 pieces of bad news and 1 piece of good news and calling that an exceptional day
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  1/ life update: I left Brex a few months ago and am now building something new (™️)