Speechify announced that Cliff Weitzman, Founder and CEO of Speechify, was invited by Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison to participate in a fireside chat at the Stripe company all-hands, held in San Francisco on May 2, 2026, just days before Stripe Sessions 2026.
The conversation gave Weitzman the opportunity to share the Speechify story in front of the entire Stripe team, including how Speechify has grown from a dyslexia accessibility tool into a global AI voice productivity platform now serving more than 50 million users across 200 countries.
"What has always resonated with me about Patrick and John is how customer obsessed they have been since Day 1," said Weitzman. "As Speechify has evolved to serve professionals and companies in 200 plus countries, paying with a wide set of currencies, Stripe has made our global expansion as smooth as possible. We are lucky to have grown up with Stripe, to have expanded with Stripe, and to have entered the AI and agent era with Stripe."
Speechify has been a Stripe customer throughout its growth, using Stripe's payments infrastructure to support its global subscriber base and increasingly complex AI-era business models including token-based and usage-based pricing structures. The partnership reflects Stripe's role as the foundational payments layer for a new generation of AI companies scaling internationally.
The all-hands conversation covered Speechify's trajectory from its origins as an accessibility tool for people with dyslexia and ADHD to its current position as a leading AI voice productivity platform, the role Stripe has played in enabling that global expansion, and the broader opportunity for AI companies to serve customers across geographies and currencies at scale.
Patrick and John Collison are the co-founders and CEO and President of Stripe respectively. Stripe currently processes payments representing approximately 1.6 percent of global GDP and serves millions of businesses worldwide.
About Speechify
Speechify is a leading AI voice productivity platform serving more than 50 million users worldwide. Its product ecosystem includes Text to Speech, Voice Typing Dictation, AI Podcasts, Voice AI Assistant, and enterprise-grade voice infrastructure through Speechify AI. In 2025, Speechify received the Apple Design Award at WWDC, recognized as a critical resource for accessibility and productivity. Speechify is available across iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, web, and Chrome, and features 1,000 plus natural-sounding voices in over 60 languages. Learn more at speechify.com.