Collison: B2B bill payment has resisted modernization for 40 years
Patrick Collison · Ramp founder Eric Glyman on the many ways AI is changing corporate spending · Feb 17, 2026 · at 11:10
Patrick Collison (Stripe) discusses why corporate bill payments remain reliant on manual PDF invoices and bank transfers with Eric Glyman (Ramp) and Alex Rampell (a16z).
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“It seems like bill payment, Has proven over the past 40 years uniquely resistant to automation and modernization.”
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