Plaid won the Data Innovation Award at Tearsheet's 2026 AI Innovation Awards.
Suddu Seshadri, Plaid's Head of Data & AI, discusses the firm's move from connectivity to intelligence and its bet on finance-specific AI foundation models.
Tearsheet’s AI Innovation Awards spotlight the companies applying AI to reimagine how financial products are built, delivered, and experienced.
This year’s winners -- Fifth Third Bank, Plaid, Titan, Casap, Carpe, Intuit, Cascading AI (Casca), and SEON -- are applying AI beyond the buzz to solve real problems and shape the future of financial services.
Tearsheet’s Bankchain Awards recognize the companies driving the evolution of banking through blockchain innovation.
This year’s winners include Rain, Kinexys by JPM, UR Technology, PYUSD by PayPal, Anchorage Digital, and WalletConnect Pay, each shaping a core layer of digital finance across custody, tokenization, stablecoins, and payments infrastructure.
U.S. Bank was recognized as 'Best Bank for SMBs' at this year’s Tearsheet SMB Finance Awards.
Kristen Link, SVP and Product Lead for Business Customer Journeys and Delivery at U.S. Bank, explains how the super-regional bank supports SMBs across cash flow, payments, and daily operations.
