Eric Sager

COO, Plaid · 1 appearance on the record.

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Eric Sager is the Chief Operating Officer of fintech infrastructure platform Plaid, where he oversees business operations, go-to-market strategy, and scaling. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at Bluevine and Head of Sales at Square, after starting his career at Bain & Company and Capital One.

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1 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 5 not checkable as stated how the 7 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 assertions · 1 opinion · 8 insights · 9 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 7 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 5 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported
Sager: Plaid signed hundreds of AI firms including OpenAI, Perplexity, and Replit
“Now we've had, you know, hundreds of AI companies signing up and we just announced, you know, OpenAI, we announced Perplexity, we announced Replit.”
Eric Sager Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 25:43 Why great leaders make themselves obsolete | Eric Sager (COO, Plaid)

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sager: Seven or eight Plaid ICs now run $100M businesses
“And we have so many people at Plaid, right. That like have internally kind of shot through the ranks that have gone from like IC roles to now running a hundred million dollar businesses. And so I could literally name seven or eight people on my team that have …”
Eric Sager Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 1:06:42 Why great leaders make themselves obsolete | Eric Sager (COO, Plaid)

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Why great leaders make themselves obsolete | Eric Sager (COO, Plaid) Jul 16, 2026 54m
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