Glean Technologies
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Artificial Intelligence |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Arvind Jain (CEO) |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California |
Number of employees | 500+[1] |
| Website | glean |
Glean Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI) and search capabilities.[2][3] According to Fortune, its valuation was $4.6 billion in 2024.[4] In 2025, Glean focused on AI agents, and reached over $7 billion valuation.[5][6]
History
[edit]The company was founded in 2019 in Palo Alto, California.[7]
In September 2021, Glean introduced its assistive search tool, designed to pull together information from dozens of disparate applications, streamlining access to critical data across various platforms, to the market.[7][8]
As of February 2025, Glean was testing a digital agents tool that allows tasks to be performed while the user is inactive[9]
It was named CNBC's top 50 disrupto rin 2025.[10]
Funding rounds
[edit]In March 2019, shortly after its establishment, Glean raised $15 million in Series A funding co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed, which included participation from the Slack Fund.[11][12][13] In March 2021, the company closed a Series B funding round of $40M led by General Catalyst.[14][15]
In May 2022, the company secured a $100M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation and hit the Unicorn status.[16][17] In February 2024, Glean raised over $200 million in Series D funding at a $2.2B valuation.[18]
In September 2024, Glean raised over $260 million in Series E funding, co-led by Altimeter Capital and DST Global,[19][20] taking its valuation to $4.6 billion.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Enterprise Search App That Got Google and OpenAI's Attention". The Information. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Stone, Brian (2022-02-10). "Employees could leave jobs due to disorganization". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Ghoshal, Anirban (2023-06-06). "How AI-based search assistant Glean Chat is built to boost productivity". Computerworld. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ a b Goldman, Sharon. "Exclusive: Glean, aiming to be "Google for work," valued at $4.6 billion in new funding round". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Musani, Afshan (2025-06-10). "Glean, gen AI enterprise search startup, raises $150 million in deal adding billions to valuation". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
- ^ Russell, Melia. "AI search unicorn Glean just became a $100 million business, and it has plenty of room to grow". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
- ^ a b Cai, Kenrick. "Glean Emerges From Stealth With $55 Million To Bring Search To The Enterprise". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Jain, Arvind. "Council Post: Zooming Into The Future: What Do Electric Cars And Remote Work Have In Common?". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Russell, Melia. "Glean's latest AI release lets customers build digital agents that work while they sleep". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
- ^ Castillo, Michelle (2025-06-10). "42. Glean". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
- ^ Newman, Jared (2022-03-14). "This new breed of unified search apps does what Google doesn't". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Cai, Kenrick. "This Former Google Engineer Wants To Finally Make Search Work—For Work". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Startup Founded by Ex-Google Search Team Nears $2 Billion Valuation". The Information. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Tech Startup Glean Emerges from Stealth to Tackle Enterprise Search". CMSWire.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "General Catalyst's Clark Talks Opportunistic Investing in Tech | InformationWeek". www.informationweek.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Glean nabs unicorn status eight months after emerging from ste..." Inside. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Glean Raises $100M Series C At $1B Valuation To Deliver A Powerful, Unified Search Experience For Companies Across Their SaaS Apps". Yahoo Finance. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Glean Announces Over $200M Series D to Accelerate Secure Deployment of Generative AI in the Enterprise". www.businesswire.com. 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ León, Riley de (2024-09-10). "AI-powered search startup Glean doubles valuation in new funding round led by Altimeter". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Jain, Arvind (2024-09-10). "Glean raises over $260M series E and launches next-generation prompting to accelerate its vision of Work AI for all". www.glean.com. Retrieved 2024-12-09.