Who are Glean's decision-makers?
Glean is led by Arvind Jain (Founder and CEO) and Tony Gentilcore (Co-founder and CTO). For selling, the relevant decision-maker is usually the executive or functional owner whose budget maps to the product category, with founders involved only for strategic or high-risk purchases.
- CEO
- Arvind Jain
- CTO/key exec
- Tony Gentilcore
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 500+
- HQ
- Palo Alto, CA
- Prior exit/Notable
- Former Google search engineer and Rubrik co-founder.
- 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.
Who leads Glean?
Arvind Jain is Founder and CEO (since 2019) and former google search engineer and rubrik co-founder. Tony Gentilcore is Co-founder and CTO (since 2019) and former google engineer leading technical architecture. Piyush Prahladka is Co-founder (since 2019) and product and engineering leader.
T.R. Vishwanath is Co-founder (since 2019) and engineering leader with search infrastructure background. The leadership story matters because these companies often centralize product and technical decisions around founders during rapid scaling.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Glean?
For strategic infrastructure, AI, security, data, or enterprise software, expect a buying group rather than one owner. The founder or CEO may sponsor large bets, but evaluation usually runs through engineering, security, finance, legal, people, or GTM operations depending on the product. Budget owners will ask for proof that the vendor reduces cost, improves reliability, or accelerates a roadmap priority.
How is Glean organized as it scales?
Glean has moved beyond the earliest founder-led stage, so teams are increasingly specialized around product, engineering, GTM, operations, and security. That creates more formal procurement and vendor-risk processes. Sellers should map the operating team, technical evaluator, finance approver, and security reviewer before assuming the executive sponsor can move a deal alone.
As of June 2026.Sources:Glean company profileGlean website
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