Founded in 2015, Alpaca is a brokerage-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that enables developers and fintech companies to build and embed trading and investment applications. Through its suite of APIs, Alpaca provides commission-free stock and crypto trading, real-time market data, and brokerage infrastructure. The company's mission is to open up financial services to everyone on the planet by providing the essential building blocks for developers to create new financial products and services. Its core regulated entity in the United States is Alpaca Securities LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC.