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Glean
Provides AI-powered workplace search and knowledge discovery across enterprise systems.
- Research status
- Research coverage
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, CA
- Coverage
- 4 product lines mapped
- Last reviewed
- September 2026
Product map
What the company builds
Products and operating platforms help connect company-level news to the revenue pools, customers, competitors, and supply chains it may affect.
Search
Permission-aware search across workplace applications.
Assistant
AI answers grounded in company knowledge.
Agents
Workflow agents connected to enterprise systems.
01 / THE BUSINESS
How Glean creates value.
Provides AI-powered workplace search and knowledge discovery across enterprise systems. The research focus is whether customer adoption can support attractive economics after development, delivery and ongoing service costs.
SectorSoftware
Founder coverage3 profiles
Research checkedSep 18, 2026
02 / PEOPLE BEHIND THE COMPANY
Meet the builders.
Co-founder
Arvind Jain
Arvind Jain is a co-founder of Glean. The company’s founding and leadership material provides context for its work in enterprise search.
Explore founderCo-founder
Tony Gentilcore
Tony Gentilcore is a co-founder of Glean. The company’s founding and leadership material provides context for its work in enterprise search.
Explore founderCo-founder
Piyush Prahladka
Piyush Prahladka is a co-founder of Glean. The company’s founding and leadership material provides context for its work in enterprise search.
Explore founderSelected founders; historical founding roles are distinct from current management positions.
03 / CAPITAL & OWNERSHIP
Follow the financing.
Selected disclosed events, newest first. Announcement values describe that transaction and date; they are not current share prices. Debt, equity and secondary transactions are identified separately.
- Equity
Series F
Disclosed amount$150MAnnounced valuation; basis unspecified$7.2BNamed participants: Wellington Management · Khosla Ventures · Bicycle Capital · Geodesic Capital · Archerman Capital · Altimeter · Coatue · General Catalyst · ICONIQ · IVP · Kleiner Perkins · Lightspeed Venture Partners · Sapphire Ventures · Sequoia Capital
Selected participants; the original announcement contains the full named list.
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Explore the named investors.
Wellington ManagementKhosla VenturesBicycle CapitalGeodesic CapitalArcherman CapitalAltimeterCoatueGeneral CatalystICONIQIVPKleiner PerkinsLightspeed Venture PartnersSapphire VenturesSequoia Capital
Names refer to the cited transactions. They do not establish current ownership, ownership percentages, or endorsement of this website.
04 / IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Watch. Listen. Form your view.
Glean
Glean — official video channel
Product demonstrations, company presentations and original updates, linked from the company’s own website.
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05 / EDITORIAL ANALYSIS
The opportunity. The open questions.
Our interpretation of the business model and cited sources, not a valuation or a recommendation.
The case to investigate
- A practical enterprise AI application with access to proprietary organizational context.
- A stronger product position becomes economically meaningful when customers renew, expand and pay enough to cover delivery costs.
Pressure-test the thesis
- Platform bundling.
- Security requirements.
- Enterprise sales cycles.
What to watch next
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Seat and customer growth — what changed in the latest original disclosure?
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Expansion across workflows — what changed in the latest original disclosure?
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Retention and adoption — what changed in the latest original disclosure?
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06 / RESEARCH TRAIL
Go straight to the source.
Research checked Sep 18, 2026. Selected public disclosures, not a complete capitalization table or securities-filing search. Missing information is left unconfirmed. No investment availability or IPO date is implied.
A practical enterprise AI application with access to proprietary organizational context.
Private-company information is incomplete, episodic, and difficult to verify. Treat every data point as a starting point for diligence—not a substitute for company-approved materials, legal review, or investment analysis.
Add to my private currentSignals to monitor
Seat and customer growthExpansion across workflowsRetention and adoptionRisks to underwrite
Platform bundlingSecurity requirementsEnterprise sales cycles Underwriting map
What an investor should actually diligence
Focus on durable workflow ownership, expansion within accounts, implementation intensity, and whether AI features create incremental willingness to pay or merely defend the installed base.
Buyer map
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Department leaders
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IT and security teams
03
Finance and procurement
04
Front-line knowledge workers
Economics to request
01
ARR and growth by customer segment
02
Gross and net retention
03
CAC payback and sales efficiency
04
Services mix and deployment time
05
Seat, usage, and module expansion
Moat tests
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Product is embedded in a system of work
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Data and permissions improve with use
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Deployment produces measurable customer ROI
04
Bundled competitors cannot match workflow depth
Milestone map
01
Enterprise customer expansion
02
New product attach
03
International growth
04
Improving free-cash-flow profile
Comparable lensesHorizontal SaaSWorkflow platformsEnterprise searchBusiness operations software
Underwriting framework
How to diligence Glean
A company-specific starting point based on the operating realities of enterprise software. Replace assumptions with verified company materials, customer evidence, legal documents, and expert work.
Recurring revenue growth
Net retention and gross retention
CAC payback and sales efficiency
Free-cash-flow margin at scale
Daily or weekly active usage
Expansion into adjacent modules
Shortening implementation time
Renewals across budget cycles
Public vertical and horizontal SaaS
Workflow incumbents
Cloud-suite bundled products
Services-heavy substitutes
Is the product a system of record or a feature?
Who owns budget and renewal?
What happens during seat compression?
Does AI strengthen the moat or erase it?
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