A new Plaid era starts today. We’re launching our new brand, and FRANKly, we couldn't be more excited. In 12 years, we’ve grown from a powerful account-linking solution 🔗, to a one-of-a-kind financial network 🌎 To power the next wave of digital financial experiences, we need

Plaid was supposed to be a $5.3B Visa acquisition. Instead, it built a fintech empire. Here’s how Plaid turned a failed deal into one of the biggest infrastructure plays in fintech:

Super fun! Thanks for doing it, Mike!

Why is it that emails with [Low Pri] or [Not Urgent] in the subject line always get the fastest responses?

Today I am thrilled to announce what I’ve been working on with Tony for the past 6 months: Town. town.com/blog/seed-anno… Small businesses and startups are the backbone of our economy, driving innovation and sustaining local communities. Yet, they face significant challenges in

Atomic Teams zachperret.com/2025/03/25/ato…

Happy to share that we've closed a ~$575m round led by Franklin Templeton, alongside Fidelity, Blackrock, NEA, Ribbit, etc. The past few years have been a major period of expansion for Plaid. Excited for these new investors and all that lies ahead!

Fun discussion! Thanks for having me.

Super fun to chat about the founding story for Mischief with Erik Torenberg on TurpentineVC!

From DC: Zachary Perret on payment modernization "We shouldn't send out paper checks via the U.S. payment system." "It probably costs $5–10 to send each check, and another $5–10 for the bank to process it."

When we launched Plaid, a big differentiator was selling developer-first. It seemed obvious to build public-facing docs, REST API's, and make eng champions. Selling developer-first today means optimizing for modern AI coding tools. As such, I'm excited to launch Plaid MCP!

Very fun to chat with Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal about the Plaid story!

5-29-2025 ($) An Interview with Plaid Founder and CEO Zach Perret About Plumbing Trust stratechery.com/2025/an-interv…

Fun to chat with Ben Thompson about the Plaid story and our recent new products on Stratechery!