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Mentioned as an example of a successful member-owned coalition for utility services, paralleling the model for Envid.
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Videos Mentioning Visa

Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates | Lex Fridman Podcast #173
Lex Fridman
A payment network that has embraced Bitcoin and serves as an example of a layered payment system; discussed in contrast to Bitcoin's base layer capabilities.

Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Insights from Jeff Bezos, Must-Read Books, & More
Tim Ferriss
Financial services company whose power, along with banks, is seen by Gurley as blocking modern instant transfer systems like FedNow in the US.

How AI is Eating Finance - with Mike Conover of Brightwave
Latent Space
Financial technology that emerged in the late 1970s, used as an analogy for how powerful tools can shift the core tasks of a profession, like accounting.

E163: Market rips, Media RIFs, Texas defies Biden, Fintech reckoning, ARkStorm 2.0 & more
All-In Podcast
Payment network mentioned as an entity to which payments companies pay transaction fees, impacting gross margins.

Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack
Y Combinator
A global payments technology company that invested in Paystack.

Relentless Focus, Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and More
Tim Ferriss
Global payment technology company used as a benchmark for transaction speeds, processing about 4,000 transactions per second, and whose network Coinbase Card can leverage for crypto spending.

Work at a Startup Expo 2018
Y Combinator
Emburse recently launched its expense solution on the Visa payments network.

E118: AI FOMO frenzy, macro update, Fox vs Dominion, US vs China & more with Brad Gerstner
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as an example of a 'gold standard' public company with low annual dilution, indicating effective management of stock-based compensation.

E117: Did Stripe miss its window? Plus: VC market update, AI comes for SaaS, Trump's savvy move
All-In Podcast
A public payment processing company used as a benchmark to understand the profitability and operating leverage in the payment ecosystem.

E115: The AI Search Wars: Google vs. Microsoft, Nordstream report, State of the Union
All-In Podcast
A global payments technology company, used as an example in a discussion about competitive pricing in financial services.

DOGE kills its first bill, Zuck vs OpenAI, Google's AI comeback
All-In Podcast
A global payments technology company, mentioned as a traditional rail that stablecoins could compete against for cheaper transactions.

E76.5: Food shortage, China's grand plan, inflation, French election plus an All-In Summit preview
All-In Podcast
Discussed as a payment network that is raising prices, creating incentives for disruption and facing competition.

E75: Fast shuts down, board culpability, Elon buys 9% of Twitter, deplatforming's evolution & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned in the context of technology companies that have acquiesced to external pressure regarding censorship.

Jack Dorsey: Square, Cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #91
Lex Fridman
Mentioned as a partner that Square had to convince of its trustworthiness.

E72: Impact of sanctions, deglobalization, food shortage risks, macroeconomic outlook and more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as one of the companies that pulled out of Russia, contributing to its cancellation from the global economy.

E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more
All-In Podcast
Its failed acquisition of Plaid is cited as an example where regulatory intervention led to a positive outcome, allowing Plaid to grow independently and increase competition.

E61: 2022 Predictions! Business, politics, science, tech, crypto, & more
All-In Podcast
Predicted to be a business loser, with the speaker advocating to be short the company due to the rise of decentralized payment infrastructure.

E56: Constitution DAO, Rittenhouse trial coverage, private sector efficiency vs the government
All-In Podcast
Its relationship with Amazon in the UK and potential shift in credit card processing is discussed as an example of Amazon unwinding duopolies.

Browserbase: Browser Infrastructure For Your AI Agents
Latent Space
Mentioned in the context of complex forms that BrowserBase could help automate.

E36: New FTC Chair, breaking up big tech, government silent spying, Jon Stewart, wildfires & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned alongside Mastercard as a network PayPal relied on antitrust threats to stay integrated with.

Can Community Banks Survive the Next SVB
a16z Deep Dives
Mentioned as an example of a successful member-owned coalition for utility services, paralleling the model for Envid.

The Stablecoin Future, Milei's Memecoin, DOGE for the DoD, Grok 3, Why Stripe Stays Private
All-In Podcast
A payment technology company, part of a duopoly with Mastercard, whose dominance could be challenged by stablecoins in cross-border payments.

2025 Predictions: Tech, Business, Media, Politics!
All-In Podcast
Its transaction volume is compared to dollar-denominated stablecoin transaction volume, highlighting the latter's growth and potential to disrupt the payment duopoly.

Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
All-In Podcast
Credit card company whose VP was with Mark Cuban when he first met Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.