E60: Deel's COO on Scaling to $17.3B Valuation (and Where They Go From Here)

In this episode, Sasha Orloff sits down with Dan Westgarth, COO of Deel, to explore how the company scaled to 37,000 customers, processes $22B in payroll, and recently raised a $300M Series E to power global hiring in 150 countries. They dive into the future of back-office automation, including real-time payroll, AI-driven operations, and the push toward a unified, seamless global HR and accounting stack.

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RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-westgarth-710650a4/

https://www.deel.com/

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