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Dan Michaeli

Co-founder & CEO, Glia

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Dan Michaeli is co-founder and CEO of Glia, a New York-based digital customer service platform used by banks, credit unions and other financial institutions. He started the company, first called SaleMove, in 2012 with Justin DiPietro and Carlos Paniagua after working as a growth consultant to a Fortune 50 retailer.

Dan hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Dan co-founded Glia, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Who is Dan Michaeli?

The co-founder and chief executive of Glia. Glia's about page, checked 2026-09-19, lists him as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, alongside co-founders Carlos Paniagua (CTO) and Justin DiPietro (CSO).

How did Glia start?

SalesTechStar reported on 2021-02-04 that Michaeli co-founded Glia in 2012 with Justin DiPietro and Carlos Paniagua after he and DiPietro worked as growth consultants for a Fortune 50 retailer, and that the company was formerly called SaleMove. On the Fintech Nexus podcast of 2023-04-14 he described seeing that retailer struggle to compete with Amazon on price and turning to customer experience instead.

How much has Glia raised under his leadership?

Glia announced on 2022-03-21 a $45 million Series D led by Insight Partners, with Wildcat Capital Management and RingCentral Ventures, bringing total funding to $152 million and its valuation above $1 billion.

Why did Glia focus on financial services?

On the Creating Superfans podcast of 2024-08-08, Michaeli said Glia chose financial services because it saw the sector as the hardest place to prove its approach to AI-assisted customer service.

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