FinovateFall 2026 / Glide
Demo video will be available soon.
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: Glide is the embedded fintech platform modernizing community banks and credit unions. From account opening and onboarding to lending and agentic staff tooling, Glide replaces the 30+ disconnected legacy systems many financial institutions run on with one unified, AI-powered layer. Backed by Acrew Capital, Pear VC, and Pathlight Capital, Glide is building the modern operating system that helps local financial institutions compete with neobanks and megabanks.
How they describe their product/innovation: Glide AI Agents put a financial institution’s back office on autopilot. The Direct Deposit Agent automatically identifies new members who haven’t yet moved their direct deposit, then reaches out and follows up – by call, text, and email – until the switch is complete. It runs natively on Glide’s core integration, requiring no rip-and-replace of existing systems, and turns a manual, easily-dropped task into a reliable, always-on growth driver.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B)
Credit Union/Community Bank Fit: Credit unions and community banks.
Contacts:
Bus. Dev.: Mike Riddick (Founding Account Executive – AI Lead), [email protected], 509-993-4902
Press: Jamie Verdi (Head of Client Strategy & Partnerships), [email protected], 401-575-7721
Website: withglide.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/withglide
HQ: New York, NY, USA
Founded: April 2023
Product Demoed: Glide AI Growth Agents and Account Opening
Metrics: $19M raise, 40+ banks and credit unions clients, 45 FTE
Raising Capital: We are A, raising a B
Presenters: Gautam Ajjarapu, Co-Founder, CEO, Glide | Jamie Verdi, Head of Client Strategy & Partnerships, Glide
- Key Executives
Gautam Ajjarapu (Co-Founder & CEO), Vishnu Chakroborty (Co-Founder & CTO), Sameer Kapur (Co-Founder & CPO), Amanda Olsen (Head of Implementation and Support), Jamie Verdi (Head of Client Strategy & Partnerships)
Key Stats
- Key Board Members
Gautam Ajjarapu (Co-Founder & CEO, Glide), Sameer Kapur (Co-Founder & CPO, Glide), Vishnu Chakroborty (Co-Founder & CTO, Glide), Mar Hershenson (Founding Partner, Pear VC), Lauren Kolodny (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Acrew Capital)
- Key Investors
Acrew Capital, Pear VC, Pathlight Capital
- Key Partners
Plaid, Finix, MeridianLink, Origence, Alloy, Q2, Jack Henry, Corelation, Truv, Fiserv, SWBC, Allied
- Key Customers
University of Southern California CU, Southland CU, University CU, First Financial FCU, Together CU, REV FCU, One Nevada CU, Interra CU, Gulf Coast Educators FCU, Island FCU, Honor Bank, Credit Human FCU