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Jean-Denis Greze 💡
Town
@jgreze
Co-Founder and CEO at town.com (@TownAI). Ex-CTO @Plaid. Investor at @ASDFVentures. Everything is satire.
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    Jean-Denis Greze 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @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.
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    Zachary Perret
    Plaid
    @zachperret
    Feb 14, 2022
    It's the Fintech Bowl!
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    Jean-Denis Greze 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @jgreze
    Jan 13, 2021
    So with everything that happened yesterday, I have some personal news... 🌴 A 🧵
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    Jean-Denis Greze 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @jgreze
    Jan 13, 2020
    Huge day for the team! So proud and excited!
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    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 💡
    Town
    @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!
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    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 💡
    Town
    @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!
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    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 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @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 💡
    Town
    @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.
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    Brian Howald
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    Jan 6, 2022
    Replying to @simonw
    Some Banks using Plaid have already begun to transition to OAuth rather than hand username + password to Plaid.