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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 is $4.6 billion. [4]
The company was founded by Arvind Jain, in Palo Alto, California, United States, in 2019. [5]
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. [6] [7] [8] In March 2021, the company closed a Series B funding round of $40M led by General Catalyst. [9] [10]
In September 2021, Glean introduced its assistive search tool to the market. This tool was designed to pull together information from dozens of disparate applications, streamlining access to critical data across various platforms. [5] [11] [12]
In May 2022, the company secured a $100M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation and hit the Unicorn status. [13] [14] In February 2024, Glean raised over $200 million in Series D funding at a $2.2B valuation. [15] In September 2024, Glean raised over $260M in Series E funding at a $4.6B valuation, with new investors including Altimeter and DST Global, and continued support from existing investors. [16]
In March 2024, Glean appointed its first President of Product and Technology, Tamar Yehoshua, the former Chief Product Officer at Slack, to oversee all of research and development, including global engineering, product, design, and data science. [17] [18]
In September 2024, Glean raised over $260 million in Series E funding, co-led by Altimeter Capital and DST Global, [19] more than doubling its valuation to $4.6 billion. [20]