Glean Technologies

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Glean Technologies, Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Artificial Intelligence
Founded2019;6 years ago (2019)
FounderArvind Jain (CEO)
Headquarters Palo Alto, California
Number of employees
500+ [1]
Website glean.com

Glean Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI) and search capabilities. [2] [3]

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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

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 disruptor in 2025. [10]

Funding rounds

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]

In June 2025, Glean announced that it raised a $150 million Series F led by Wellington Management taking its valuation at $7.2 billion. Other investors in the Series F include Geodesic Capital, DST Global, Archerman Capital, ICONIQ, Bicycle Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Altimeter, Latitude Capital, Capital One Ventures, Citi, Coatue, IVP, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Sapphire Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. [21]

References

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  2. Stone, Brian (2022-02-10). "Employees could leave jobs due to disorganization". TechRepublic. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. Ghoshal, Anirban (2023-06-06). "How AI-based search assistant Glean Chat is built to boost productivity". Computerworld. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  4. 1 2 Goldman, Sharon. "Exclusive: Glean, aiming to be "Google for work," valued at $4.6 billion in new funding round". Fortune. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 1 2 Cai, Kenrick. "Glean Emerges From Stealth With $55 Million To Bring Search To The Enterprise". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  8. Jain, Arvind. "Council Post: Zooming Into The Future: What Do Electric Cars And Remote Work Have In Common?". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  9. Russell, Melia. "Glean's latest AI release lets customers build digital agents that work while they sleep". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  10. Castillo, Michelle (2025-06-10). "42. Glean". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  11. Newman, Jared (2022-03-14). "This new breed of unified search apps does what Google doesn't". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  12. Cai, Kenrick. "This Former Google Engineer Wants To Finally Make Search Work—For Work". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  13. "Startup Founded by Ex-Google Search Team Nears $2 Billion Valuation". The Information. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  14. "Tech Startup Glean Emerges from Stealth to Tackle Enterprise Search". CMSWire.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  15. "General Catalyst's Clark Talks Opportunistic Investing in Tech | InformationWeek". www.informationweek.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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  17. "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.
  18. "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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. Bort, Julie (2025-06-10). "Enterprise AI startup Glean lands a $7.2B valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-08-20.