Glean Technologies
{{Short description|American AI firm}}
{{promo|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Glean Technologies, Inc.
| type = Private
| industry = Artificial Intelligence
| founded = {{Sda|2019}}
| founder = Arvind Jain (CEO)
| hq_location = Palo Alto, California
| website = {{url|https://glean.com/}}
}}
Glean Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI) and search capabilities.{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Brian |date=2022-02-10 |title=Employees could leave jobs due to disorganization |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/employees-could-leave-jobs-due-to-disorganization/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=TechRepublic |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ghoshal |first=Anirban |date=2023-06-06 |title=How AI-based search assistant Glean Chat is built to boost productivity |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/3698711/how-ai-based-search-assistant-glean-chat-is-built-to-boost-productivity.html |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Computerworld |language=en}} According to Fortune, its valuation is $4.6 billion.{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=Sharon |title=Exclusive: Glean, aiming to be "Google for work," valued at $4.6 billion in new funding round |url=https://fortune.com/2024/09/10/ai-startup-glean-valued-at-4-6-billion-in-260-million-venture-capital-round/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Fortune |language=en}}
History
The company was founded by Arvind Jain, in Palo Alto, California, United States, in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Cai |first=Kenrick |title=Glean Emerges From Stealth With $55 Million To Bring Search To The Enterprise |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2021/09/15/glean-startup-emerges-from-stealth-enterprise-search-assistant/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Jared |date=2022-03-14 |title=This new breed of unified search apps does what Google doesn't |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90730932/best-unified-search-apps |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=fastcompany.com}}{{Cite web |last=Cai |first=Kenrick |title=This Former Google Engineer Wants To Finally Make Search Work—For Work |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2023/11/08/this-former-google-engineer-wants-to-finally-make-search-work-for-work/ |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Startup Founded by Ex-Google Search Team Nears $2 Billion Valuation |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/startup-founded-ex-google-search-team-nears-2-billion-valuation |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=The Information}} In March 2021, the company closed a Series B funding round of $40M led by General Catalyst.{{Cite web |title=Tech Startup Glean Emerges from Stealth to Tackle Enterprise Search |url=https://www.reworked.co/information-management/gleans-new-work-assistant-aims-to-solve-enterprise-search/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=CMSWire.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=General Catalyst's Clark Talks Opportunistic Investing in Tech {{!}} InformationWeek |url=https://www.informationweek.com/data-management/general-catalyst-s-clark-talks-opportunistic-investing-in-tech |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=www.informationweek.com |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Corrigan |first=John |date=2022-02-08 |title=Employees waste at least 'two hours a day' searching for what they need to work |url=https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/employee-engagement/employees-waste-at-least-two-hours-a-day-searching-for-what-they-need-to-work/324737 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=hcamag.com}}{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Arvind |title=Council Post: Zooming Into The Future: What Do Electric Cars And Remote Work Have In Common? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/03/29/zooming-into-the-future-what-do-electric-cars-and-remote-work-have-in-common/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
In May 2022, the company secured a $100M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation and hit the Unicorn status.{{Cite web |title=Glean nabs unicorn status eight months after emerging from ste... |url=https://inside.com/vc/posts/glean-nabs-unicorn-status-eight-months-after-emerging-from-stealth-285858 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Inside |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-18 |title=Glean Raises $100M Series C At $1B Valuation To Deliver A Powerful, Unified Search Experience For Companies Across Their SaaS Apps |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/glean-raises-100m-series-c-131600126.html |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}} In February 2024, Glean raised over $200 million in Series D funding at a $2.2B valuation.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title=Glean Announces Over $200M Series D to Accelerate Secure Deployment of Generative AI in the Enterprise |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240227101592/en/Glean-Announces-Over-200M-Series-D-to-Accelerate-Secure-Deployment-of-Generative-AI-in-the-Enterprise |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Arvind |date=2024-09-10 |title=Glean raises over $260M series E and launches next-generation prompting to accelerate its vision of Work AI for all |url=https://www.glean.com/blog/glean-series-e-prompting-launch |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=www.glean.com |language=en}}
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.{{cite web |date=November 2, 2023 |title=Glean Appoints Tamar Yehoshua as President |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/glean-appoints-tamar-yehoshua-president-120000795.html |access-date=January 4, 2025 |website=Yahoo Finance}}{{Cite web |title=Glean Appoints Tamar Yehoshua as President, Product and Technology to Accelerate Delivery of Enterprise AI Platform |url=https://www.amresearch.in/company/glean-appoints-tamar-yehoshua-as-president-product-and-technology-to-accelerate-delivery-of-enterprise-ai-platform/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Business & Corporate Information Services |language=en-US}}
In September 2024, Glean raised over $260 million in Series E funding, co-led by Altimeter Capital and DST Global,{{Cite web |last=León |first=Riley de |date=2024-09-10 |title=AI-powered search startup Glean doubles valuation in new funding round led by Altimeter |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/ai-powered-search-startup-glean-doubles-valuation-in-new-funding-round.html |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=CNBC |language=en}} more than doubling its valuation to $4.6 billion.{{Cite web |last=Goldman |first=Sharon |title=Exclusive: Glean, aiming to be "Google for work," valued at $4.6 billion in new funding round |url=https://fortune.com/2024/09/10/ai-startup-glean-valued-at-4-6-billion-in-260-million-venture-capital-round/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Fortune |language=en}}