This Glean company profile covers the company's valuation, revenue, funding rounds, investors and history. Glean works in enterprise software, with a focus on AI search and agents for work. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. Its latest valuation on record is US$7.2 billion (June 2025). Every figure links to a public source, and anything the company hasn't disclosed is marked as such.
Revenue
More than US$300 million ARR, 15 months after reaching US$100 million — Annual recurring revenue (company-reported), as of May 2026. Source: Glean.
| Metric | Value | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Previous valuation | US$4.6 billion | September 2024 | NBC New York (CNBC) |
Funding history
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Series F | US$150M | US$7.2B | Wellington Management (lead); Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, Archerman Capital, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst | Glean |
| Sep 2024 | Series E | See source | US$4.6B | See source | NBC New York (CNBC) |
Glean timeline
Key dates from the sources on this page, oldest first. Metric snapshots are listed after the funding events.
- 2019 — Glean is founded in Palo Alto by Arvind Jain (CEO), T.R. Vishwanath, Piyush Prahladka and Tony Gentilcore.
- Sep 2024 — Series E: See source, valuing the company at US$4.6B.
- Jun 2025 — Series F: US$150M, valuing the company at US$7.2B. Investors: Wellington Management (lead); Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, Archerman Capital, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst.
- September 2024 — Previous valuation: US$4.6 billion.
Investors
Overview
Glean makes AI-powered search and assistant software for companies. It connects to the many apps a business uses, such as email, chat, document storage, CRM, ticketing and code repositories, and lets employees search across all of them at once or ask questions in plain language. Answers respect each user's permissions, so people only see what they're already allowed to see. On top of search, Glean offers an AI assistant and a platform for building AI agents that automate work using company knowledge.
Arvind Jain founded Glean in 2019 with T.R. Vishwanath, Piyush Prahladka and Tony Gentilcore. Jain spent more than a decade at Google working on search and later co-founded the data security company Rubrik. He started Glean after finding that employees at fast-growing companies spent a large part of their day looking for information. The company is based in Palo Alto, California.
How Glean works
The hard part of enterprise search isn't the search box; it's understanding a company's information. Glean builds what it calls a knowledge graph, a map of a company's content, people and activity. It indexes documents and messages, learns which content is important and to whom, and keeps track of permissions across systems. When an employee asks a question, Glean finds the relevant material and uses large language models to write an answer with links to the original sources. Glean has argued that this enterprise "context" is its main advantage, because generic AI models can't answer questions about a company's own work without it.
How Glean makes money
Glean sells annual subscriptions, typically priced per employee, to mid-sized and large companies. Customers often start with search and the assistant, then expand to more employees and to the agent platform. Like many enterprise software companies, it relies on direct sales teams and partnerships with large technology providers.
Revenue growth
Glean has reported several recurring revenue milestones:
- Fiscal year to early 2025: more than US$100 million in annual recurring revenue.
- May 2026: more than US$300 million in ARR, just 15 months after reaching US$100 million, according to the company.
Glean also said its number of Fortune 500 customers nearly doubled in a year. Coverage of the milestone noted that it came while many companies were cutting and consolidating their AI budgets. Glean's pitch is that one platform used across the company can replace several separate AI tools.
Funding history
- September 2024, Series E: valued Glean at US$4.6 billion, according to CNBC.
- June 2025, Series F: US$150 million at a US$7.2 billion valuation, led by Wellington Management, with new investors Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital and Archerman Capital, and existing investors including Sequoia Capital and General Catalyst.
Jain said Glean didn't strictly need the money, but that it added flexibility. The company said the funds would go towards product development, its partner ecosystem and international expansion.
Competitive landscape
Glean faces serious competition. Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini for Workspace and AI assistants from OpenAI and Anthropic all offer ways to search and reason over company data. Software vendors such as Salesforce, ServiceNow and Atlassian are building AI search into their own products. Other startups also target enterprise search. Glean's advantages are its focus, its connectors to hundreds of apps, its permission-aware architecture and its ability to work across different vendors' systems rather than favouring one ecosystem.
What to watch next
Watch ARR milestones, adoption of the agent platform, retention of large customers against bundled offerings from Microsoft and Google, any new funding round, and IPO preparation.
Key facts at a glance
Glean is a Palo Alto enterprise AI search company founded in 2019 by Arvind Jain, T.R. Vishwanath, Piyush Prahladka and Tony Gentilcore. It raised a US$150 million Series F at a US$7.2 billion valuation in June 2025, led by Wellington Management, up from US$4.6 billion in September 2024. It reported more than US$300 million in ARR in May 2026.
Why enterprise search is hard
Search on the public web works because pages are open and linked to each other. Inside a company, information is scattered across dozens of apps, each with its own access rules, and much of it isn't linked at all. A search tool has to connect to every system, keep up with constant changes, respect who can see what, and work out which results matter most to a particular employee. Getting permissions wrong is a serious security risk. That complexity is why many earlier enterprise search products disappointed, and why companies that solve it well can charge for it.
Bundled versus best-of-breed
A recurring question in enterprise software is whether companies prefer an all-in-one bundle from a big vendor or the best specialised tool. Bundles are cheaper and easier to buy, and Microsoft in particular can include AI features in licences companies already pay for. Specialised tools often work better and across more systems. Glean's growth suggests many large companies are willing to pay for a specialist that works across vendors, but bundling pressure will remain its biggest long-term risk. Comparing growth and profitability using the Rule of 40 can help judge how well it is holding up.
Questions to ask before buying enterprise AI search
- Which of your apps does it connect to out of the box, and how quickly does it pick up new content?
- How does it enforce permissions, and can you audit what each user can see?
- Where is your data processed and stored, and is it used to train any models?
- How is pricing calculated as you add employees and agents?
What this means if you're…
An IT or knowledge management leader: test enterprise AI tools on your own data, focusing on answer accuracy, permissions and how many of your apps they connect to.
A SaaS founder: Glean shows that a focused product can grow quickly even in a market where the largest tech companies compete.
An investor: compare the US$7.2 billion valuation with US$300 million ARR, and weigh the bundling threat from Microsoft and Google.
Latest developments (October 2026)
Glean said in May 2026 that its annual recurring revenue had reached US$300 million, up from about US$200 million at the end of 2025, according to reporting summarised by Ecosistema Startup and Sacra. Its valuation remains US$7.2 billion from its June 2025 Series F; the company has said it has ample cash and no urgent need to raise. Glean competes with Microsoft Copilot and AI features from major software vendors for enterprise search and AI assistants.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from the public sources below. Where sources disagreed, we used the company's own announcement or a primary news report. Private-company data changes; check the date beside each figure.
Frequently asked questions
What does Glean do?
Glean is a enterprise software / ai search and agents for work company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. It was founded in 2019.
What is Glean's valuation?
Glean was valued at US$7.2 billion as of June 2025, according to Glean. Private company valuations are set at funding rounds or share sales and can change significantly between them.
How much revenue does Glean make?
Glean reported More than US$300 million ARR, 15 months after reaching US$100 million (annual recurring revenue (company-reported)) as of May 2026, according to Glean.
What was Glean's latest funding round?
The most recent financing we have verified is a series f in Jun 2025: US$150M, at a valuation of US$7.2B. Source: Glean.
Who are Glean's investors?
Investors named in public announcements include Wellington Management, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital and Archerman Capital.
Who founded Glean?
Glean was founded in 2019 by Arvind Jain (CEO), T.R. Vishwanath, Piyush Prahladka and Tony Gentilcore.
Is Glean a public company?
No. Glean is a private company (private, venture backed), so its shares are not traded on a stock exchange and it isn't required to publish its financial results.
Where is Glean headquartered?
Glean is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States.