Summary: Stripe Billing acquires Metronome for usage-based billing

Why It Matters: Stripe is strengthening its subscription tools by bringing in a specialized usage-based billing platform. This suggests they want to make it easier for software companies to charge based on how much customers actually use their product.

What Changed:

• Added a major announcement that Metronome is now part of Stripe.
• Updated the page title to focus specifically on "Stripe Billing | Recurring Payments & Subscription Solutions."
• Added new technical performance stats, including the ability to process 100k usage-based meter events per second.
• Included new customer quotes from companies like OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Retool regarding their billing operations.
• Expanded the "International" section to highlight support for stablecoins and over 100 payment methods.