Glean Technologies
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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | AI |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder | Arvind Jain (CEO) |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California |
Number of employees | 250+ |
| Website | glean.com |
Glean is an American technology company specializing in enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI) and search capabilities.[1][2] According to Bloomberg, its valuation is near $2 billion.[3]
History
[edit]The company was founded by Arvind Jain, in Palo Alto, California, United States, in 2019.[4]
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.[5][6][7] In March 2021, the company closed a Series B funding round of $40M led by General Catalyst.[8][9]
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.[4][10][11]
In May 2022, the company secured a $100M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $1B valuation and hit the Unicorn status.[12][13] In February 2024, Glean raised over $200 million in Series D funding at a $2.2B valuation.[14]
Products
[edit]In April 2023, Glean introduced its first enterprise-grade generative AI search capabilities, including Generative AI Answers. Glean also introduced Expert Search and In-Context Recommendations.[15][16] AI Answers generates a single concise answer to a natural language query, drawing from various sources of content, context, and permissions within an organization. Expert Search identifies and connects users with subject-matter experts within their company, based on Glean's analysis of content, activity and relationships. In-Context Recommendations provide users with additional content and context related to any given asset they are working on.[17]
In June 2023, Glean introduced Glean Chat, an enterprise-grade chat assistant that enables users to answer questions, analyze and synthesize information, and create new insights, sourced exclusively from up-to-date, relevant information across their company's knowledge base.[18][19][20]
Recognition
[edit]In 2023, Glean received significant recognition, being listed in Forbes' AI50 Top AI Firms[21] and America's Best Startups,[22] IA40,[23] and LinkedIn's Top Startups.[24] Also, the company achieved Great Place to Work certification[25] and was named a G2 Fall 2023 Leader.[26]
References
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- ^ Ghoshal, Anirban (2023-06-06). "How AI-based search assistant Glean Chat is built to boost productivity". Computerworld. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "AI Startup Unicorns Cerebras and Glean Hire New Legal Chiefs". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ a b Cai, Kenrick. "Glean Emerges From Stealth With $55 Million To Bring Search To The Enterprise". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Newman, Jared (2022-03-14). "This new breed of unified search apps does what Google doesn't". fastcompany.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Cai, Kenrick. "This Former Google Engineer Wants To Finally Make Search Work—For Work". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Startup Founded by Ex-Google Search Team Nears $2 Billion Valuation". The Information. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Tech Startup Glean Emerges from Stealth to Tackle Enterprise Search". CMSWire.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "General Catalyst's Clark Talks Opportunistic Investing in Tech | InformationWeek". www.informationweek.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Corrigan, John (2022-02-08). "Employees waste at least 'two hours a day' searching for what they need to work". hcamag.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Jain, Arvind. "Council Post: Zooming Into The Future: What Do Electric Cars And Remote Work Have In Common?". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Daws, Ryan (2023-04-14). "Arvind Jain, Glean: On using AI to surface knowledge". AI News. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Glean adds generative AI interface to enterprise search engine". SiliconANGLE. 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Nuñez, Michael (2023-04-06). "Glean launches new generative AI capabilities to enhance search and discovery across organizations". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Goldman, Sharon (2023-06-06). "Glean Chat launches to unlock AI-driven search for the enterprise". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Glean Delivers First Truly Enterprise-Grade Chat Assistant, Unlocking the Power of Generative AI for the Workplace". Yahoo Finance. 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2022-05-18). "Glean aims to help employees surface info across systems". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ CAI", "KENRICK. "The AI 50 2023". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ SCHWARZ", "ALAN. "America's Best Startup Employers 2023". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Garnick, Coral (2023-09-28). "Introducing the 2023 Intelligent Applications 40". Madrona. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "LinkedIn Top Startups 2023: The 50 U.S. companies on the rise". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Work, Great Place to. "Glean". Great Place To Work. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "Glean". g2.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.