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Glean

Glean solves enterprise knowledge fragmentation by providing a permission-aware generative search assistant that indexes all corporate cloud applications without leaking sensitive data.

Overview

What this company is, what it builds, and who it serves.

Glean is an enterprise AI search and intelligence company based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2019 by former Google Distinguished Engineer Arvind Jain, Glean connects all SaaS applications, documents, and identity graphs to deliver accurate, permission-aware company knowledge retrieval.

Who it serves

Enterprise CIOs, IT operations directors, software engineers, and corporate knowledge workers in Fortune 500 organizations.

What it builds

Glean Workplace Search, Glean Assistant, Glean Knowledge Graph, and Glean Apps custom enterprise agent builder.

Why It Matters

Glean solves enterprise knowledge fragmentation by providing a permission-aware generative search assistant that indexes all corporate cloud applications without leaking sensitive data.

Funding

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  • Raised a $260 million Series E round in September 2024 at a $4.6 billion valuation.
  • Raised a $150 million Series F round in June 2025, led by Wellington Management, at a $7.2 billion valuation.

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Company

Glean

Capabilities

  • Universal enterprise indexing with real-time ACL permission enforcement
  • Deep semantic vector search across email, chat, wikis, and code repositories
  • Enterprise Knowledge Graph mapping relationships between people, projects, and documents
  • Secure RAG assistant with comprehensive citation grounding

Features

  • 100+ native SaaS connectors (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Jira, Slack, Salesforce)
  • Glean Assistant for summarization, drafting, and complex Q&A
  • Glean Apps builder for creating custom internal AI micro-agents
  • SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 compliant enterprise security architecture

Integrations

  • Product and AI capabilities
  • Glean's platform combines enterprise search, a generative AI assistant, and an expanding set of AI agent capabilities, all built on connectors to widely used enterprise software such as Slack, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and Jira.

Country

United States

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Latest Developments

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  • Expanded international operations, including opening an office in Bengaluru, India, in 2024. Latest
  • Company founded 2019 · founded Source
  • Funding 2024 · funding Source
  • Development 2024 · development Source
  • Product product Source

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Glean?

Glean is an AI-powered enterprise work assistant and search platform that securely indexes all company data across SaaS tools to deliver instant, permission-aware answers to employees.

Who founded Glean?

Glean was founded in 2019 in Palo Alto by Arvind Jain (former Google Distinguished Engineer and co-founder of Rubrik), T.R. Vishwanath, Piyush Prahladka, and Tony Gentilcore.

How does Glean handle enterprise security and permissions?

Glean respects existing access control lists (ACLs) in real time, ensuring that employees only see search results and generative responses derived from documents they are explicitly authorized to access.

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