What is Glean?
Work AI platform for enterprise search, assistants, and agents.
- Category
- Enterprise search and work AI
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, CA
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 500+
- Total funding
- ~$765M disclosed
- Valuation
- $7.2B (Jun 2025)
What is Glean?
Work AI platform for enterprise search, assistants, and agents.
Glean is a enterprise search and work ai company headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. Enterprise search, Glean Assistant, Glean Agents, connectors, Enterprise Graph, knowledge management, and governed AI over workplace data. Business Insider reported Glean had become a $100M business in 2025, and Reuters reported a $7.2B valuation in June 2025. Glean sells to enterprises that need permission-aware search and AI over workplace systems, with adoption across SaaS-heavy companies and large organizations.
As of June 2026, the company is best understood by its wedge: Enterprise Search, Glean Assistant, Glean Agents. Its market position is shaped by fast AI adoption, high compute needs, and enterprise buyers that increasingly want measurable productivity rather than generic AI demos. Sellers should treat the published numbers as directional when the company has not disclosed audited revenue, and should anchor outreach in the specific product line or buyer team that maps to the use case.
What does Glean offer?
Glean offers Enterprise Search, Glean Assistant, Glean Agents, Enterprise Graph and related enterprise capabilities.
- Enterprise Search· Search
- Glean Assistant· AI assistant
- Glean Agents· Workflow automation
- Enterprise Graph· Knowledge graph
- Connectors· Integrations
- Governance· Security
How does Glean make money?
Glean makes money through software, usage, and enterprise contracts.
Glean generally sells annual enterprise contracts and does not publish full self-serve per-seat pricing. Pricing is driven by employee count, selected modules, connectors, security requirements, and agent/assistant usage. Growth is driven by adoption of the core workflow, expansion to teams and enterprises, and usage intensity as AI features move from pilots into production.
The practical unit economics depend on compute, support, and integration depth. Self-serve products monetize through monthly subscriptions and usage; enterprise products monetize through annual contracts, security controls, data integrations, and support. For sellers, the budget owner usually sits where the tool changes labor cost: engineering, legal, support, creative operations, or knowledge-work productivity.
Who leads Glean?
Glean is led by Arvind Jain (Founder and CEO) and Tony Gentilcore (Co-founder and CTO).
- Arvind JainFounder and CEOsince 2019Former Google search engineer and Rubrik co-founder.
- Tony GentilcoreCo-founder and CTOsince 2019Former Google engineer leading technical architecture.
- Piyush PrahladkaCo-foundersince 2019Product and engineering leader.
- T.R. VishwanathCo-foundersince 2019Engineering leader with search infrastructure background.
How do you contact Glean's leadership?
Glean does not publish verified personal leadership emails broadly. The contacts below use the format first@glean.com (format-following; verify before outreach); verify any personal address before outreach and prefer official contact forms or published aliases for press and partnerships.
first@glean.com (format-following; verify before outreach)How much funding has Glean raised?
Glean has raised ~$765M disclosed; the latest reported valuation/status is $7.2B (Jun 2025).
Major disclosed funding events: Mar 2019: Series A - $15M. Kleiner Perkins and Lightspeed co-led, with Slack Fund participation. Mar 2021: Series B - $40M. General Catalyst led the round. May 2022: Series C - $100M at $1B valuation. Sequoia led as Glean reached unicorn status. Feb 2024: Series D - over $200M at $2.2B valuation. Raised to accelerate generative AI deployment in enterprises. Sep 2024: Series E - over $260M at $4.6B valuation. Altimeter and DST Global co-led. Jun 2025: Series F - $150M at $7.2B valuation. Wellington Management led the round.
The valuation path matters because it signals both buying power and operating pressure. Companies with recent large rounds usually have budget for hiring, infrastructure, security, GTM, and finance systems, but they also professionalize procurement quickly. Where the latest valuation or amount is undisclosed, the profile names the round as reported rather than back-solving a number.
How did Glean get here?
Glean's path runs from founding in 2019 to its current enterprise search and work ai position in June 2026.
- 2019Company foundedFormer Google search and infrastructure leaders started Glean.
- 2021Glean Assistant introducedThe company expanded from search into AI answers.
- May 2022Unicorn roundSequoia led a $100M Series C at $1B.
- Feb 2024Generative AI Series DGlean raised over $200M at $2.2B.
- Jun 2025$7.2B Series FWellington led $150M.
- Sep 2025Third-generation AssistantGlean launched a newer Assistant and Enterprise Graph updates.
Who are Glean's competitors?
Glean competes with Microsoft Copilot, Google Workspace Gemini, Coveo, Guru and other AI-native workflow vendors.
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