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Jean-Denis Greze 💡

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Jean-Denis Greze 💡

@jgreze

Co-Founder and CEO at town.com (@TownAI). Ex-CTO @Plaid. Investor at @ASDFVentures. Everything is satire.

San Francisco

Joined January 2011

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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Jun 3
Today, we’re launching @TownAI: the AI assistant that learns you. We’re coming out of beta with a $55M Series A led by @arampell at @a16z, with participation from @kirstengreen at @ForerunnerVC and continued support from @firstround, @altcap, and @conviction. Right now, getting
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Feb 15, 2022
Super Bowl by the numbers: - nearly half a million people signed up for a new fintech app on @Plaid yesterday 🚀 - 3,000 API requests / sec - 99.99 uptime 📈 Running a reliable platform on a large scale doesn’t just happen without a tremendous amount of work behind the scenes.
Zachary Perret
@zachperret
Feb 14, 2022
It's the Fintech Bowl!
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Mar 2, 2022
I’m more convinced than ever that the hardest part of engineering leadership is balancing shipping (short-term velocity) and technical foundation (long-term velocity). Here are a few things / rules of thumb I think about: (a 🧵)
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Dec 10, 2020
Under-appreciated frustration of building an API product: feature adoption is much slower than for a UI product like Slack/Instagram. Even for your very satisfied customers. Flip side: retention is much higher. Here’s what I wish I’d known when I joined Plaid four years ago:
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Jan 13, 2021
So with everything that happened yesterday, I have some personal news... 🌴 A 🧵
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Jan 13, 2021
Well at least we got a new product strategy out of the last 12 months!
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Nov 4, 2019
Top 10 proudest moments at @Plaid : 94% positive on "I would recommend Plaid as a great place to work" 😍
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Jan 13, 2021
Replying to @jgreze
After 4 years here, I’ve decided to stay at Plaid (and in SF) to grow the team and continue building the future of fintech. The news though is that I am doubling my team this year. Going to celebrate by tweeting recruiting tips all week. Later today: how to encourage referrals!
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Jan 13, 2020
Huge day for the team! So proud and excited!
Plaid
@Plaid
Jan 13, 2020
We’re incredibly excited to share that Plaid is joining @Visa! Together, we’re looking forward to expanding our products for developers and connecting consumers with the fintech services that are making money easier for everyone. More details here. blog.plaid.com/plaid-and-visa
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Jan 25, 2022
It’s difficult for anyone to keep track of where their data is going when they’re using so many apps to manage their finances. Very proud of launching the Plaid Portal to give people easy controls across the entire fintech ecosystem. Give it a try and lmk what you think!
Plaid
@Plaid
Jan 25, 2022
Introducing Plaid Portal. See where you’ve connected your financial accounts. Take control of where you share your financial data. Privacy 🤝Plaid. plaid.com/blog/data-priv…
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Apr 7, 2021
Thank you to the team @Plaid for all of your hard work and I can't wait to see what we all build together. Quick PSA: I'm still doubling my team this year & we have really amazing and cool things on our roadmap so come join me and let's build the future together!
TechCrunch
@TechCrunch
Apr 7, 2021
Plaid raises $425M Series D from Altimeter as it charts a post-Visa future tcrn.ch/3usuqh0 by @alex
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
May 12, 2022
So bullish on life, family, friends, work, society right now. Not sure why. But it’s the vibe.
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Dec 3, 2020
Hey fam! Back by popular demand, I’m going to start sharing my unfiltered thoughts on engineering management, leadership, and tech starting… tomorrow. Topic du jour+1: what I look for in engineering managers. Drop 👇 anything you want me to answer. 🌶️ questions only.
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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
@jgreze
Jan 7, 2022
Replying to @simonw
Plaid CTO here. We’ve worked closely w/ FIs to move towards standards like OAuth & App2App to remove the use of credentials. A vast majority of our traffic is already going through these APIs today and we're working with more and more banks to enable OAuth.
Brian Howald
@bdhowald
Jan 6, 2022
Replying to @simonw
Some Banks using Plaid have already begun to transition to OAuth rather than hand username + password to Plaid.
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