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How Plaid Built the Plumber for Financial Data
In this episode of Startup Stories, Lucas and Luna break down how Plaid became the invisible infrastructure powering fintech. They trace Plaid's origin from a 2012 hackathon project to the backbone connecting thousands of apps to bank accounts, and examine the company's pivotal decision to stay focused on API-driven data plumbing instead of building consumer-facing products. Key numbers include Plaid raising over $300 million in funding and reaching a valuation above $13 billion before the scrapped Visa acquisition. The hosts also explore how regulatory shifts around open banking…
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