Alpaca

Alpaca, founded in 2015 in San Mateo and Tokyo by Yoshi Yokokawa, offers API-first brokerage for stocks, ETFs and crypto, powering 1,000+ fintechs via Broker API and Trading API. FINRA and SEC registered, it handles fractional shares, shorting and 24/5 trading, processing billions in notional. In Web3, Alpaca enables crypto trading alongside equities for embedded apps. The culture is developer-centric, docs-first and focused on reliable market infrastructure. Alpaca provides developer-first API infrastructure for stock and crypto trading, enabling fintechs and Web3 apps worldwide to embed commission-free investing capabilities. Alpaca enables developers and global neobanks to build customizable trading experiences with multi-currency balance management and real-time execution.