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Based in Palo Alto, California, Glean develops an artificial intelligence-powered enterprise search and knowledge management platform that indexes internal company data across various applications to enable natural language queries. The software-as-a-service business operates with a workforce of between 501 and 1,000 employees, providing tailored workflow automation and content generation tools to more than 200 enterprise customers. Glean recently reached $250 million in annual recurring revenue, demonstrating 150% year-over-year growth while processing approximately 20 trillion tokens and 270 million assistant actions on an annual basis. Its enterprise client base includes notable organizations such as Pfizer, NASA, Databricks, and Siemens, and the company recently expanded its on-premises infrastructure support through a strategic partnership with Dell Technologies. The enterprise search and software organization was originally founded in 2016 by former Google engineers Arvind Jain and Tony Gentilcore.
Gleans has raised $170K across 1 funding round.
Gleans has raised $170K in total across 1 funding round.
Gleans has raised $170K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $170K Seed in September 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | $170K Seed | — | Antler, Rebalance Capital, Sahin Boydas | Announced |
Gleans has raised $170K in total across 1 funding round.
Gleans's investors include Antler, Rebalance Capital, Sahin Boydas.
Glean Technologies is an AI-powered work platform that builds enterprise search, AI assistants, and agents to connect and query a company's internal knowledge from disparate sources like emails, documents, chats, and apps.[1][2][3][4][6] It serves enterprises seeking productivity gains by solving the problem of scattered data, delivering secure, permissions-aware answers that reduce time spent searching for information.[1][2][4] With over 100 connectors for turnkey implementation, no data training needed, and features like content generation and workflow automation, Glean hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue by February 2025 and reached a $7.2 billion valuation after a June 2025 Series F raise.[2][3]
Glean was founded in 2019 in Palo Alto, California, by former Google search engineers Arvind Jain (CEO, ex-Google Distinguished Engineer and Rubrik co-founder), T.R. Vishwanath (ex-Microsoft, Meta), Piyush Prahladka (ex-Google, Uber), and Tony Gentilcore (ex-Google).[1][2][3][5] The idea emerged from their frustration with inefficient workplace information retrieval despite advanced consumer search tools, prompting them to create an AI-driven enterprise solution.[5] Early traction included launching an assistive search tool in September 2021, achieving unicorn status with a $100 million Series C in May 2022 at $1 billion valuation, and rapid funding growth: $200+ million Series D in February 2024 ($2.2B valuation), $260+ million Series E in September 2024 ($4.6B), and $150 million Series F in June 2025 ($7.2B).[3] Pivotal moments include expanding to AI agents in 2025 and reaching $100M ARR.[3]
Glean rides the agentic AI wave, transforming enterprise knowledge management amid exploding data volumes and generative AI adoption, where workers lose hours to information silos.[1][3][6] Timing aligns with post-2023 LLM maturity, enabling reliable RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) for secure, contextual enterprise AI—unlike consumer tools lacking permissions or enterprise depth.[1][2] Market forces like digital transformation, cybersecurity demands, and productivity mandates (e.g., Forbes Global 2000 collaborations) favor Glean's global expansion (U.S., India) and innovations like the 2025 Enterprise Graph for personalization.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by setting standards for Work AI, powering teams in engineering, sales, support, and more, while analyst nods (Gartner, CNBC Disruptor) accelerate adoption.[3][6]
Glean's trajectory points to dominance in enterprise agentic AI, with agent platform expansions and $100M+ ARR signaling hypergrowth toward multi-billion revenue.[3] Trends like multi-modal AI, deeper workflow autonomy, and regulated industries will shape it, potentially pushing valuation past $10B via acquisitions or IPO. As data silos persist, Glean's founder-led innovation cements it as the go-to for unlocking enterprise knowledge, evolving from search pioneer to full Work AI orchestrator—primed to make every employee an AI power user.[1][3][6]
