In Brief Posted: 11:19 PM PST · February 26, 2026 Image Credits:Ross Marlowe/TPG for TechCrunch Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to users’ bank accounts, enabling payments and data verification, has allowed employees to sell some of their shares at an $8 billion valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The valuation represents a 31% increase from the $6.1 billion valuation the 13-year-old company achieved in April of last year, when it raised a $575 millio...