Patrick Collison and Mario Draghi launch the Rhine Group
Patrick Collison and Mario Draghi launched the Rhine Group as a European competitiveness forum, with Luis Garicano as executive director. The group is not a Stripe product or official Stripe initiative. It convenes government, academic, and business leaders using research pre-reads and Chatham House Rule, and aims to turn the 2024 Draghi competitiveness report into a concrete reform agenda.
Ómós opened its restaurant and guesthouse in Abbeyleix with chef Cúán Greene as majority owner and executive chef and John Collison as an investor. The restored property combines a 40-seat restaurant with 16 guest rooms; current reporting does not establish Patrick Collison as an investor in the operating business.
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen award 28 New Aesthetics grants
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen published the recipients of their New Aesthetics grants after receiving more applications than expected. They funded 28 artists and projects spanning architecture, publishing, craft, software, film, furniture, public art, and experimental technology.
Meta appointed Patrick Collison and Dina Powell McCormick to its board, with both appointments effective April 15. The role added public-company governance at one of the world's largest technology platforms to Collison's work outside Stripe.
The Collison brothers acquire Millbrook House for restoration
Local reporting said Patrick and John Collison acquired the derelict Millbrook House in Abbeyleix for about €400,000. The restoration later became the setting for Cúán Greene and John Collison's Ómós restaurant and guesthouse project.
Patrick Collison, Patrick Hsu, and Silvana Konermann launched Arc Institute as an independent biomedical research organization focused on complex human disease. Its model gives core investigators renewable eight-year funding, while Patrick and John Collison are listed among the institute's founding donors.
Fast Grants launches an accelerated model for COVID-19 research funding
Patrick Collison, Tyler Cowen, and Patrick Hsu organized Fast Grants as the pandemic exposed the speed limits of conventional research funding. The program made many decisions within 48 hours and aimed to deliver funds within a week, drawing roughly 4,000 applications in its first week.
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen propose progress studies
Patrick Collison and economist Tyler Cowen argued for a focused discipline studying how economic, technological, scientific, cultural, and organizational progress happens. The essay supplied a name and research agenda for a broader movement concerned with increasing society's capacity to produce useful advances.