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Plaid

Financial data API connecting apps to bank accounts.

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2013late stageWebsite

On the watchlist — 1.3k employees.

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Headcount
1.3k
0.0%
90d change
+0.8%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$4.3M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
17.8%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.7 yrs
Time since last raise
1y 4mo
last round

Hiring flow · Plaid

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
441
+8%
Sales
113
+13%
Support
105
+9%
Analyst
62
+5%
Product
62
-11%
Marketing
59
+17%
Human Resources
53
+26%
Finance
52
0%
Other
162

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch1d ago
    TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between

    Plaid's Head of Fraud and Identity is panelist discussing AI, trust, and verification in financial services.

  2. OpenAI2mo ago
    A new personal finance experience in ChatGPT

    Plaid named as the secure account-linking provider for the finance feature, with Intuit support coming soon.

Events

Funding · series unknown · $575M
1y ago
Layoff · 8.33% (100 roles)
Departures in 2023-02: 121 vs 6-mo baseline of 20.5 (5.9× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 3.73% (48 roles)
Departures in 2022-12: 69 vs 6-mo baseline of 20.5 (3.37× spike). Derived from PDL.
4y ago

Score history