In January 2020, we announced that Visa was acquiring Plaid for over $5 billion, which was the result of months of negotiations and interest from Visa as an investor.

We built Plaid to create a new financial infrastructure that allows consumers to link their bank accounts to digital applications, addressing the outdated banking system that required in-person visits for most transactions.

More than half of Americans with bank accounts have linked them through Plaid, giving us a unique perspective on consumer finance data that no other financial institution has.

At Zip, we raised about $370 million and achieved a valuation of $2.2 billion after our Series D round last month.

The shift in consumer perception from viewing fintech apps as risky to seeing them as safe has been significant, as evidenced by my mom's trust in a product powered by Plaid.

We raised two and a half million dollars on a twelve million dollar valuation after nine months of fundraising post-Y Combinator demo day.

Meta has agreed to invest over $14 billion in Scale AI, valuing the company at $29 billion.

Despite facing a down round during our Series C funding, we continued to grow the business and raise additional capital, demonstrating resilience in a competitive market.

From 2013 to 2023, we experienced a 10-year overnight success, culminating in a $650 million sale, which reflects the long journey of building a truly amazing product.