Ilai Szpiezak

Stripe Build Day London 🇬🇧. Highlights, Takeaways & Ice Cream 🍦

Still feels unreal. A couple of weeks back, I shared how we interviewed with Stripe during their Build Day event in London 🤩.

What a day. Full of ideas, conversations, and… yes, ice cream 🍦. 

I wrote a short article about Stripe Build Day here.

The highlight?

Discovering that someone had recommended Pretty Prompt the day before at another event 😮.

From learning about Stripe’s latest updates (we use it for our billing) to connecting with other founders, this event was a perfect mix of learning and building.

Stripe’s story is super inspirational. Founded by two young Irish brothers, originally called “/dev/payments,” it focused on “payments for developers.”

Proof that simplicity wins when you’re solving a real pain point (regardless of your company name!)

My article is an honest review of the event and what we experienced with Pretty Prompt. Hope it helps others as they build their products!

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Prithvi Damera

Love this, Ilai — Stripe’s simplicity-first approach is a perfect reminder that solving one real pain point often beats building ten features.

Also completely agree — events like these are gold not just for updates but for serendipitous moments like someone recommending your product unexpectedly. That’s real community validation.

At Growstack, we’re seeing similar inspiration — building AI agents that simplify complex workflows, one pain point at a time. Excited to check out your article!