Plaid allowed employees to sell some of their shares at an $8B valuation, up 31% from the $6.1B valuation in April 2025 and 40% below its $13.4B peak in 2021 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Plaid allowed employees to sell some of their shares at an $8B valuation, up 31% from the $6.1B valuation in April 2025 and 40% below its $13.4B peak in 2021   —  Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to users' bank accounts, enabling payments and data verification …