# Daniel Li

> Daniel Li is the cofounder and CEO of Plus AI, the Seattle startup whose AI slide generator lives inside Google Slides and PowerPoint and turns prompts into finished presentations. A summa cum laude Wharton/Huntsman grad, he spent years at Boston Consulting Group formatting slides he hated, then went into venture capital at Madrona Venture Group, where he backed Snowflake, Rec Room and Common Room before leaving partner-track to build the tool he wished he had as a consultant. He writes the Pacific Northwest tech newsletter 'the DL' and tinkers on side projects through DSCO Labs.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Plus AI
- **Organizations:** Plus AI, Madrona Venture Group, DSCO Labs, Pacific Science Center
- **From:** Philadelphia area, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA & BS, Finance/Economics, International Studies, Psychology (summa cum laude), University of Pennsylvania (Huntsman Program / Wharton)
- **Known for:** Cofounder and CEO of Plus AI, a widely used AI presentation generator for Google Slides and PowerPoint, Raised a $5.5M seed round for Plus led by Madrona with backing from founders/CEOs of Smartsheet, Evernote, Auth0, Qumulo and Rec Room, As a Madrona investor, backed Snowflake (IPO 2020), Rec Room, Common Room, Kitt.ai (acquired by Baidu) and Saykara (acquired by Nuance)

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Joined Boston Consulting Group as a strategy and technology consultant, working on cloud go-to-market plans and insurance claims systems
- **2015** — Joined Madrona Venture Group as an investor
- **2021** — Promoted to Partner at Madrona in January, then left months later to co-found Plus
- **2021** — Co-founded Plus with Chloe Qi and raised a $5.5M seed round led by Madrona
- **2023** — Pivoted Plus toward AI and launched Plus AI, an AI presentation tool for Google Slides and PowerPoint

## Achievements

- Cofounder and CEO of Plus AI, a widely used AI presentation generator for Google Slides and PowerPoint
- Raised a $5.5M seed round for Plus led by Madrona with backing from founders/CEOs of Smartsheet, Evernote, Auth0, Qumulo and Rec Room
- As a Madrona investor, backed Snowflake (IPO 2020), Rec Room, Common Room, Kitt.ai (acquired by Baidu) and Saykara (acquired by Nuance)
- Graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania's Huntsman Program
- Founded the Pacific Science Center's Associate Board
- Writes 'the DL,' a newsletter covering Pacific Northwest tech

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Shared on X that he built Plus AI to escape the 'crappy, mindless work' of formatting slides he experienced as a BCG consultant.

## Links

- Website: https://www.danielxli.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielxli
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/danielxli
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielxli

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Last updated: 2026-06-24