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Glean

Last Updated July 29, 2025

Glean is a Work AI platform delivering enterprise-grade search, AI agents, and workflow automation—making internal knowledge accessible, actionable, and secure. Trusted by leading organizations, Glean builds knowledge graphs, assists support teams, and automates repetitive tasks using large language models integrated into productivity tools.
Company Overview: Glean
Glean provides enterprise search and knowledge discovery tools that unify information across workplace applications. The platform indexes documents, messages, and other content to improve retrieval and knowledge sharing. Glean’s software addresses productivity and information management needs within large organizations.
Investment Highlights

Valuation & Growth

  • Raised $150M in Series F (June 2025), achieving $7.2B valuation—a ~57% increase over its September 2024 valuation of $4.6B.
  • Prior Series E in Sept 2024 raised $260M; Series D in Feb 2024 raised ~$200M at a $2.2B valuation.
  • ARR surpassed $100M within under three years of launch.

Major Investors

  • Wellington Management (Series F lead), plus Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, Archerman Capital
  • Continued participation by Altimeter Capital, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Sapphire Ventures, IVP, ICONIQ Growth
Product & Technology Leadership

Core Platform

  • Enterprise Search & Retrieval: Single-pane access to internal apps via natural-language interface and RAG-powered backend.
  • Glean Agents: AI-driven assistants launched in early 2025, automating user workflows across tools and supporting billions of actions annually.
  • Integrates with 100+ enterprise systems without manual fine-tuning or professional services, all within a secure permissions framework.
 Market Position & Strategic Advantage

Client Base & Adoption

  • Used by large enterprises like Booking.com, Databricks, Duolingo, Grammarly, and Deutsche Telekom.
  • Integrated into customer support ecosystems via Zendesk and Salesforce Service Cloud for automated ticket insights and expert identification.

Competitive Edge

  • Former Google search engineers built deep relevance and privacy-aware enterprise tech.
  • Modular agent platform allows non-technical teams to automate tasks quickly by composing prompts and chaining steps.
  • Positioned as foundational “Work AI” infrastructure vs. pure assistant tools, with built-in security controls and enterprise governance.
Financial Opportunity

Market Opportunity

  • Corporate knowledge fragmentation across SaaS tools creates huge demand for unified search + AI automation.
  • The enterprise AI agent market is projected to grow from ~$7B in 2025 to over $50B by 2030.

Growth Drivers

  • Expansion of cross-departmental agents and automation use cases.
  • Scaling international presence (new San Francisco office opened in 2025).
  • Growing partner ecosystem (e.g. Dell, Snowflake, Palo Alto Networks integrations).

Revenue Streams

  • Subscription-based platform licensing and seats.
  • Premium agent usage/integration and analytics add-ons.
  • Enterprise service and onboarding for complex deployments.
Key Stats

Founded: 2019

Total Raised: ~$765M over 6 rounds

Valuation: $7.2B (Series F, June 2025)

Annual Recurring Revenue: > $100M (fiscal year ending Jan 2025)

Active Employees: ~850+ (mid‑2025)

Flagship Product: Glean Agents (launched Feb 2025)

Enterprise Clients: Fortune 500 including Databricks, Grammarly, Duolingo, Deutsche Telekom

Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA, USA

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About Glean

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Glean was established by former Google engineers including CEO Arvind Jain. The company offers a secure, permissions-aware AI-powered knowledge platform that unifies enterprise data across Slack, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Zendesk, and more. Glean enables employees to search and interact with internal information via natural language, and build custom generative agents to automate workflows—all governed by enterprise-grade security and data privacy.