# Zach Perret

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🎧Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo Live at Newcomer's Breaking The Bank Summit: Turning Compliance Into a Competitive Advantage and Learnings From $0 to $100M ARR

In today's episode, Ryan Zauk is joined by Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder & CEO of Vanta. Ryan and Christina recorded this episode live at Newcomer's Breaking the Bank Summit in San Francisco. The Summit was an invite-only, one-day summit for fintech founders, builders, and investors to explore the…

Undoing a $5 Billion Acquisition and Building a Durable Standalone Plaid (with Plaid CEO Zach Perret)

We sit down with Zach Perret, CEO of Plaid, to discuss the remarkable journey of Plaid and the broader fintech landscape over the past several years. Zach takes us blow-by-blow through journey of almost getting acquired by Visa, the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic… which quickly rever…

Plaid: The Invisible Powerhouse Revolutionizing How We Move Money

Plaid, the invisible force behind countless financial apps like Venmo, Cash App, and Robinhood, has quietly revolutionized how we manage money. Founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey as a solution to their own fintech struggles, Plaid became the universal translator connecting over 12,00…

How Plaid Turned a Failed $5.3B Deal with Visa into Momentum | Zach Perret (Plaid)

Zach Perret saw a fintech explosion coming—and built the rails before it arrived. On this week’s Grit, the Plaid co-founder and CEO retraces his path from building tools for developers to linking the world’s largest banks, and how a failed $5.3B acquisition by Visa became a launchpad. He unpacks th…

The Rise, Fall & Reset of The Fintech Industry

Fintech went from a full-blown surge to a near standstill in just two years. At its peak, about 25 percent of all venture dollars were pouring into the category. By late 2022, that number had collapsed to almost zero. In this conversation, a16z General Partner David Haber and Plaid cofounder and CE…

Zach Perret – The Future of Financial Services – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.13]

Zach Perret is the founder and CEO of Plaid.  Plaid helps companies build fintech solutions by creating APIs that allow people to connect their financial data to apps and services. In this conversation, we dive into Zach's philosophy on building products, how the financial system works today, how t…

Chris Britt on building Chime and rethinking banking

Why has traditional banking left so many people underserved? Chime CEO Chris Britt joins Plaid CEO Zach Perret to discuss the early days of Chime, the decisions behind its growth, and what it takes to build a different kind of banking experience. They also explore how AI could change the way people…

Max Levchin on reinventing credit and the future of lending

What if lending worked better for the people borrowing money? Affirm CEO Max Levchin joins Plaid CEO Zach Perret to discuss why he set out to rethink credit, how Affirm built a business around aligning incentives with consumers, and how technology is changing lending decisions. They explore the rol…

Amjad Masad on AI and a world where anyone can build

What happens when building software no longer requires knowing how to code? Replit CEO Amjad Masad joins Plaid CEO Zach Perret to discuss how AI is making software creation accessible to more people. They explore the evolution of Replit, the changing role of developers, and what happens when anyone…