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Zachary Perret

Co-founder & CEO, Plaid. On 5 shows, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Zachary Perret is the co-founder and CEO of Plaid, a financial infrastructure company founded in 2012. He also invests in startups through venture firm Mischief.

5shows
1appearances
8statements
22resolved
13supported
4contradicted
59%fully supported

Everything Zachary Perret said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TBPN Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2035
Perret: Retail consumer stablecoin payments remain 10 to 15 years away
“No, one's going to walk into a Starbucks and buy a coffee with a stable coin. Certainly not for any amount of time that I can think about, you know, maybe, maybe 1015 years in the future.”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 5:09 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd
TBPN Prediction Held up
Perret: Late-stage fintech IPOs like Klarna and Chime are coming soon
“You're about to see a couple of IPOs. So corn is coming soon. We think we've heard that China's coming soon and I've heard that a bunch of others are coming soon.”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 3:32 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd
TBPN Disclosure
Zachary Perret: Plaid built its own real-time data credit score tool
“And so we've built a series of tools, including our own credit score that looks at real time data and brings it into the model.”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 9:56 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd
TBPN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Perret: Fintech is rebounding with heavy early-stage startup formation and mid-stage growth
“There's a ton of startup formation at the earliest stages. In the mid stages, these companies have retold are now back to growth at the late stages.”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 3:25 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd
TBPN Assertion Supported
Perret: AI and deepfakes drive 20-25% annual financial fraud growth
“Online financial fraud is going up at somewhere between 20 and 25% a year off of a gigantic base. Deep fakes are having a big impact on this. A lot of AI tooling is having a big impact on this.”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 8:52 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd
TBPN Assertion Partly supported
Perret: Plaid powers Citi account openings and Invitation Homes rent payments
“Increasingly it's not just fintech companies now, but it's the big banks, the way that you open a checking account with Citi goes through Plaid and then a ton of enterprises. So the way that you pay your rent with invitation homes or a bunch of those all that …”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 0:42 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd
TBPN Disclosure
Perret: Plaid is actively working on stablecoin integration with partners
“Definitely an area that we're participating. We're working with a lot of companies on and we're excited to support.”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 5:26 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd
TBPN Assertion Partly supported
Perret: Only a few hundred mostly small banks use FedNow
“They're like, you know, a few hundred banks and they're mostly small banks that are using it.”
Zachary Perret Apr 8, 2025 ▶ 6:19 The ISSUE with MONEY and how to fix it | Zachary Perret on TBPN April 3rd

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Zachary's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

ShowRole thereEpsStatementsRecord
20VCLEDGER Co-founder & CEO, Plaid 0 0 75% 3/4 full record on 20VC →
a16zLEDGER Co-founder & CEO, Plaid 0 0 71% 5/7 full record on the a16z Podcast →
MADLEDGER Co-founder & CEO, Plaid 0 0 0% 0/3 full record on the MAD Podcast →
SAASTRLEDGER Co-founder & CEO, Plaid 0 0 75% 3/4 full record on the Official SaaStr Podcast →
TBPNLEDGER Co-founder & CEO, Plaid 1 8 50% 2/4 full record on TBPN →
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