How Stripe Built Their New Website

Even the most successful websites eventually need a redesign. Take Stripe for example. After six years with the same homepage, they recently unveiled a brand new site that reflects how the fintech giant has evolved over the past few years. So when is the time right for a new landing page? And what should you prioritize in the redesign? In this episode of Design Review YC’s Aaron Epstein sat down Stripe’s Head of Design Katie Dill to pull the curtain back on their high profile redesign and to discuss how their team is evolving in a world dominated by new AI design tools. 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - The Old Site 01:30 - Why Stripe Redesigned a Site That Still Looked Good 03:00 - The Biggest Thing They Needed To Change 03:30 - Crafting A New Narrative For The New Site 05:00 - What Story Was Missing From The Old Site 05:30 - “What Is The Point Of A Website?” 06:00 - The New Site 06:44 - New Landing Page Breakdown 07:10 - The GDP Counter: A Homepage Element Only Stripe Could Pull Off 07:40 - Building Trust Through Design 08:45 - Inside Stripe’s “Bento Box” Approach to Product Storytelling 10:37 - Why Stripe Used Modals Instead of Sending People to New Pages 11:37 - Adding Lively Animations That Don’t Feel Distracting 13:50 - The Value Of Beauty In Web Design 14:30 - How To Be Intentional With New Design Elements 15:40 - The Balance Between Getting It Right and Endless Iteration 16:24 - AI-Generated Brand Imagery 17:30 - How A Website Is Like A Song 19:11 - Designing the Perfect Stripe Wave Background 24:48 - All the Homepage Concepts Stripe Tried Before Landing on the Final Design 27:10 - How AI Is Changing Stripe’s Design Process 35:00 - Fighting the “Gravitational Pull to Mediocrity” 40:00 - Walking the Store: Stripe’s Secret to Better Product Design Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs

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EPISODE INFO

Released: April 22, 2026
Duration: 43m
Channel: Y Combinator
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Even the most successful websites eventually need a redesign. Take Stripe for example. After six years with the same homepage, they recently unveiled a brand new site that reflects how the fintech giant has evolved over the past few years. So when is the time right for a new landing page? And what should you prioritize in the redesign? In this episode of Design Review YC’s Aaron Epstein sat down Stripe’s Head of Design Katie Dill to pull the curtain back on their high profile redesign and to discuss how their team is evolving in a world dominated by new AI design tools. 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - The Old Site 01:30 - Why Stripe Redesigned a Site That Still Looked Good 03:00 - The Biggest Thing They Needed To Change 03:30 - Crafting A New Narrative For The New Site 05:00 - What Story Was Missing From The Old Site 05:30 - “What Is The Point Of A Website?” 06:00 - The New Site 06:44 - New Landing Page Breakdown 07:10 - The GDP Counter: A Homepage Element Only Stripe Could Pull Off 07:40 - Building Trust Through Design 08:45 - Inside Stripe’s “Bento Box” Approach to Product Storytelling 10:37 - Why Stripe Used Modals Instead of Sending People to New Pages 11:37 - Adding Lively Animations That Don’t Feel Distracting 13:50 - The Value Of Beauty In Web Design 14:30 - How To Be Intentional With New Design Elements 15:40 - The Balance Between Getting It Right and Endless Iteration 16:24 - AI-Generated Brand Imagery 17:30 - How A Website Is Like A Song 19:11 - Designing the Perfect Stripe Wave Background 24:48 - All the Homepage Concepts Stripe Tried Before Landing on the Final Design 27:10 - How AI Is Changing Stripe’s Design Process 35:00 - Fighting the “Gravitational Pull to Mediocrity” 40:00 - Walking the Store: Stripe’s Secret to Better Product Design Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs

SPEAKERS

Aaron Epstein
host
Host/interviewer for Y Combinator’s Design Review episodes.
Katie Dill
guest
Head of Design at Stripe, leading design work including the company’s website redesign.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Y Combinator, featuring Aaron Epstein and Katie Dill, How Stripe Built Their New Website explores stripe redesigns homepage to clarify story, scale products, trust. Stripe redesigned a still-strong 2020 homepage because the business and product suite outgrew the old narrative, not because the design had become dated.

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