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Based in San Francisco , Plaid Technologies was founded in 2013 with the goal of “ democratising financial services through technology .” The company ’ s offerings are centred around a toolkit that protects interactions and data exchanges between customers , banks and third-party applications . Currently the startup has thousands of customers that use its API suite to create applications . Officially valued at US $ 2.65bn , Plaid achieved unicorn status in December , making it the youngest unicorn in the top 10 . https :// plaid . com / company

FEBRUARY 2019