PayPal
PulseAugur coverage of PayPal — every cluster mentioning PayPal across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
- founded by Elon Musk 100%
- founded by Peter Thiel 100%
- founded by Max Levchin 100%
- founded by Ken Howery 100%
- founded by Luke Nosek 100%
- employs Enrique Lores 90%
- founded Fortune 90%
- employed by David Sacks 90%
- competes with Stripe 70%
- used by X402 70%
- affiliated with David Sacks 70%
- competes with Fortune 70%
- 2026-06-18 hiring PayPal appointed Zhang Hong as CEO for its China operations. source
- 2026-05-14 partnership PayPal and Anthropic have partnered to offer AI workflows to small businesses.
- 2026-05-12 regulatory The DOJ extracted a $30 million settlement from PayPal regarding its minority-owned business program. source
- 2026-05-12 regulatory The DOJ reached a $30 million settlement with PayPal regarding its business program. source
- 2026-05-12 regulatory PayPal reached a $30 million settlement with the Department of Justice over its minority business program. source
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