I think the idea is that as Atlas rolls out to each country, it will be run by the respective Stripe team in that country (ergo patio11 joining Stripe Japan) and be responsible for building Atlas's business-as-a-service model respective of that country's laws and customs.
It's similar to their rollout of payment processing across the globe - they've done it slowly as they've had to incorporate each jurisdiction's regulations.
It's similar to their rollout of payment processing across the globe - they've done it slowly as they've had to incorporate each jurisdiction's regulations.