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Michael Giardino

Commander · DISC type D
Co-Founder & CEO at Oleve
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Michael is the Co-Founder and CEO of Oleve and Quizard AI, a company in the Neo 23 accelerator batch. With a background as a software engineer at Slack and a degree from the University of Rochester, he has successfully scaled his app Oleve to over 7 million downloads.

He is a natural entrepreneur with a history of starting ventures, including a university program that paid students to build software and a company that automated tracking collectibles. His interests seem to lie in identifying and solving unique market problems with technology.

His venture, Funko Dojo, which automated tracking for limited-edition collectibles, generated over $250, 000 in revenue.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Michael shows up

Very Quick
Impact-Driven
Strong-Willed

They are not always relationship oriented. More than the product, they care about the impact of the product. They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.

Priorities

Topics Michael cares about

AI in Education
As the Co-Founder & CEO of Quizard AI, an education-focused company that was part of the Neo '23 accelerator, he is deeply involved in applying AI to learning.
Mobile App Growth
He led his company Oleve to achieve over 7 million downloads, showcasing a strong focus on user acquisition and scaling mobile applications.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Co-Founder & CEO
Oleve
1-2023
Co-Founder & CEO
Quizard AI (Neo '23)
5-2022 - 8-2022
Software Engineer
Slack
10-2020 - 5-2022
Co-Founder
Roclab at University of Rochester
3-2018 - 6-2021
Founder
Funko Dojo
In the press

Media appearances

Oleve's Michael Giardino: Distribution by NewForm E06. Featured in NewForm AI Blog
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Oleve's Michael Giardino: Distribution by NewForm E06. Featured in YouTube
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Education
5-2023
Education details unavailable
Neo
Bachelor's degree
University of Rochester
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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