# Peter Zhou

> Peter Zhou is the co-founder and CEO of Rutter, the New York-based unified API that connects business financial data across accounting systems, commerce platforms, payment processors, and ad networks. Often described as the 'Plaid for commerce,' Rutter lets B2B fintech companies plug into QuickBooks, Shopify, Amazon, Stripe and dozens more through a single consistent schema. A Yale-trained computer scientist and Y Combinator alum, Zhou and co-founder Eric Yu pivoted through years of failed startups before landing on Rutter, which raised a $27M Series A led by a16z in 2022.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Rutter
- **Organizations:** Rutter, Atrium, Facebook, Y Combinator (S19), Yale University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science, Yale University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Rutter, the unified API for business financial data, Raised a $27M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in 2022; ~$28.8M total raised, Built integrations spanning accounting (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite), commerce (Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, BigCommerce), payments (Stripe, PayPal, Square), and ad platforms

## Career timeline

- **pre-2019** — Software engineer at Atrium; earlier experience at Facebook
- **2019** — Co-founded Rutter with Eric Yu; joined Y Combinator (Summer 2019 batch)
- **2021** — Rutter launched publicly after a $1.5M seed round (August)
- **2022** — Raised $27M Series A led by a16z; a16z's Kristina Shen joined the board; plan to scale team from ~19 to 80
- **2025** — Expanded into B2B payments and AI-powered supplier enablement; interviewed at FinovateFall

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Rutter, the unified API for business financial data
- Raised a $27M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) in 2022; ~$28.8M total raised
- Built integrations spanning accounting (QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite), commerce (Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, BigCommerce), payments (Stripe, PayPal, Square), and ad platforms
- Closed $100k in annual contracts in the first two months, largely off slide decks and API documentation
- Powers financial products for customers including Mercury, Ramp, Airwallex, NorthOne, Payoneer and others

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Rutter showcased unified API and AI-powered supplier enablement for B2B payments at FinovateFall; Zhou interviewed by David Penn.
- **2022-03** — Closed $27M Series A led by a16z to build the future of commerce data.

## Links

- Website: https://rutter.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterlzhou
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/peterlzhou

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