Bolt Financial Inc. (Bolt) is an American financial technology start-up that provides merchants with software to facilitate one-click online checkouts.
[1][2] Bolt was founded by Stanford University computer science students Ryan Breslow and Eric Feldman in 2014.
[3] The company initially operated out of Breslow's dorm room.
[1][8] In February 2022, Bolt CTO and CPO Maju Kuruvilla, previously VP and general manager of worldwide logistics and fulfillment at Amazon, was named CEO.
[9] As of February 2024, Bolt had under 700 employees, and was value at approximately $300 million - a 97% decrease in price from 21 months prior.