Glean

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Glean Technologies, Inc.

Growth260 Sheridan Ave, Suite 300, Palo Alto, CA 94306, United Stateswww.glean.com
Total funding$765M
ConfidenceHigh 17Medium 32Low 2

Company info

Full nameGlean Technologies, Inc.
Founded2019年
Headquarters260 Sheridan Ave, Suite 300, Palo Alto, CA 94306, United States
Websitewww.glean.com
Region🇺🇸 United States
StageGrowth
Employees1,000+(截至2025年12月
Report date2026-03-10

Overview

面向企业的Work AI平台,提供enterprise search、AI assistant、agents、apps与API,基于企业知识图谱生成可信答案并自动化工作。

Industry tags

Enterprise AIEnterprise SearchKnowledge ManagementProductivity SoftwareAgentic AI

Key people

NameRole
Arvind JainFounder & CEO
Vishwanath T RCo-founder & CTO
Tony GentilcoreCo-founder, Engineering
Piyush PrahladkaCo-founder
Tamar YehoshuaPresident, Product & Technology
Emrecan DoganHead of Product
Bradley ScottVP, Sales
Matt KixmoellerChief Marketing Officer
Michael MiaoVP of Finance and Business Operations

Core products and services

Enterprise search

Glean Search

企业搜索底座,连接并理解企业数据,是其Work AI平台的基础层。

Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
AI assistant

Glean Assistant

面向员工的企业级AI assistant,可基于企业知识图谱与权限生成个性化答案与内容。

High confidence · 2 sources · 2+ independent authoritative sources
Agent platform

Glean Agents

横向agent环境,用于构建、部署、编排、治理企业AI agents。

High confidence · 2 sources · 2+ independent authoritative sources
No-code AI apps

Glean Apps

无代码/低代码生成式AI应用与agent构建环境,可嵌入Slack等工作流。

High confidence · 2 sources · 2+ independent authoritative sources
Developer API

Glean APIs

供企业构建自定义生成式AI体验的API层。

High confidence · 2 sources · 2+ independent authoritative sources
Knowledge graph

Enterprise Graph

新一代企业图谱,为第三代Assistant与更深度个性化、agentic任务执行提供上下文。

Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source

Funding history

Total funding 约$765M-$770M
DateRoundAmountValuationInvestorsConfidence
2019年03月Series A$15MKleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Slack FundLow confidence · 1 sources · Single source
2021年03月Series B$40MGeneral Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, LightspeedLow confidence · 1 sources · Single source
2021年09月Series A/Series B(累计披露)$55MGeneral Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, LightspeedMedium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
2022年05月Series C$100M$1BSequoia Capital, existing backers included General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Slack FundMedium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
2024年02月Series D$200M+$2.2BKleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Coatue, ICONIQ Growth, IVP, Latitude Capital, Adams Street, Capital One Ventures, Citi, Databricks Ventures, Workday Ventures, General CatalystHigh confidence · 2 sources · 2+ independent authoritative sources
2024年09月Series E$260M+$4.6BAltimeter, DST Global, Craft Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Coatue, General Catalyst, ICONIQ Growth, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia CapitalHigh confidence · 2 sources · 2+ independent authoritative sources
2025年06月Series F$150M$7.2BWellington Management, Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, Archerman Capital, Altimeter, Capital One Ventures, Citi, Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, ICONIQ, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Latitude Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia CapitalHigh confidence · 2 sources · 2+ independent authoritative sources

Product release timeline

2025年12月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Assistant Deep linked citations

Assistant支持深链引用,提升答案可验证性。

2025年12月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Assistant Image generation / GPT-5.1 primary model

引入图像生成并将GPT-5.1作为Glean Key主模型之一。

2025年09月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Assistant Third generation

发布第三代Glean Assistant,支持更深层个性化与更复杂agentic任务。

2025年09月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Enterprise Graph New generation

推出新Enterprise Graph与Personal Graph,为Assistant和agents提供更强上下文。

2025年05月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Agents Platform GA expansion

扩展Glean Agents,加入dozens of agents、open interoperability、agent guardrails与Agent API/Beta能力。

2025年02月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Agents Launch

发布横向agent环境,支持企业构建、部署、编排与治理agents。

2025年02月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Universal Knowledge Launch

将企业结构化/非结构化数据与互联网数据统一纳入agent可访问知识层。

2024年09月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Prompting Next-generation prompting

Series E同步推出next-generation prompting,强化Work AI交互能力。

2024年06月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Apps GA

发布无代码/低代码AI应用构建能力。

2024年06月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean APIs GA

开放API层,支持企业安全构建自定义生成式AI应用与agent。

2023年06月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Assistant GA

发布企业级Chat Assistant,成为其生成式AI产品线起点。

2021年09月Medium confidence · 1 sources · Single authoritative source
Glean Work Assistant Initial launch

结束隐身模式并正式推出工作助手/企业搜索产品。

Key events

2025

宣布ARR突破$200M,九个月内从$100M翻倍。

完成Series F,估值升至$7.2B;不足两年内完成第三次大额融资。

与Palo Alto Networks达成战略合作,围绕AI agent安全集成Prisma AIRS与Prisma Access Browser。

与Dell合作推出Glean Work AI平台首个on-premises部署架构。

与Workday宣布connected AI agents计划,打通HR与Finance跨系统agent工作流。

与Snowflake合作,把structured data洞察接入用户与agents。

宣布首届用户大会Glean:GO,将其平台、客户与生态叙事集中对外展示。

推出Open Security and Governance Partner Program,首批伙伴包括BigID、Cisco、Palo Alto Networks、Rubrik、Virtue AI。

2024

完成Series E,估值翻倍至$4.6B。

完成Series D,估值升至$2.2B。

2022

Series C后估值达到$1B,进入独角兽阶段。

2021

结束隐身模式并披露已获$55M融资、已有40+客户。

2019

Glean成立。

Competitive landscape

Microsoft (Microsoft 365 Copilot / Microsoft Search)

— 以Microsoft 365与Teams为核心做捆绑式suite GTM,通常通过既有席位、IT采购关系和原生工作流入口切入大企业,定价与采购更偏suite打包而非单点搜索采购。其独特优势是装机基础、身份与权限体系以及办公入口原生整合;对Glean而言,这是最典型的“内建替代方案”,直接争夺企业AI助手入口与知识检索预算。 [Source](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/ai-powered-search-startup-glean-doubles-valuation-in-new-funding-round.html)

Amazon (Amazon Q Business)

— 以AWS平台销售和云账户关系推进,强调与AWS生态及企业数据源的连接能力,采购方式更接近cloud platform扩展。其优势是云原生部署、AWS enterprise sales覆盖和现有云预算承接能力;它与Glean直接竞争企业知识问答、search与agent平台预算。 [Source](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai-search-startup-raises-150-million-at-7-billion-value.html)

OpenAI (ChatGPT Enterprise)

— 通过自上而下的企业订阅和平台扩展进入组织内部,价格与成交路径更偏模型与seat-based AI assistant采购。其优势是通用模型能力、品牌心智与广泛生态;相较之下,Glean更强调权限感知、企业上下文与系统连接深度,两者争夺的是同一个企业AI入口。 [Source](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai-search-startup-raises-150-million-at-7-billion-value.html)

Perplexity (Perplexity Enterprise Pro)

— 以产品驱动增长和AI搜索体验切入企业市场,更强调回答体验与外部信息检索,采购门槛通常低于重实施平台。其独特优势是消费者级搜索品牌和回答式交互体验;Glean则把内部知识、权限体系与企业系统连接作为主卖点,因此两者在“AI search for work”预算上正面竞争。 [Source1](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/ai-powered-search-startup-glean-doubles-valuation-in-new-funding-round.html) [Source2](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai-search-startup-raises-150-million-at-7-billion-value.html)

Writer (Writer Enterprise AI)

— 面向大客户销售应用层enterprise AI平台,更多从内容生成、治理与企业级控制切入,采购逻辑偏platform subscription。其优势在于内容生成治理和面向业务团队的应用层场景包装;它与Glean竞争的是企业生成式AI平台预算,而非纯搜索基础设施预算。 [Source](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai-search-startup-raises-150-million-at-7-billion-value.html)

Coveo (Coveo AI Search)

— 主要服务大型企业和复杂搜索、推荐场景,通常实施周期更长、价格带更高,GTM更偏enterprise sales与项目实施。其优势是成熟的搜索相关性、推荐能力以及站点与客服场景积累;对Glean来说,它是企业搜索类别中的传统强对手。 [Source1](https://www.kore.ai/blog/top-alternatives-for-glean) [Source2](https://www.gosearch.ai/faqs/what-are-the-top-glean-alternatives/)

Lucidworks (Lucidworks Fusion)

— 面向大企业提供可定制搜索平台,销售与交付通常更偏项目型、咨询型,价格透明度有限但实施复杂度较高。其优势是多年搜索与相关性调优经验,以及对复杂企业需求的定制能力;与Glean相比,它更偏“重平台+重实施”,但在复杂企业搜索项目中仍处于同一竞争池。 [Source1](https://www.kore.ai/blog/top-alternatives-for-glean) [Source2](https://www.gosearch.ai/faqs/what-are-the-top-glean-alternatives/)

Elastic (Elastic Enterprise Search / Elasticsearch)

— 典型developer-led GTM,强调底层搜索能力、部署灵活性与工程可控性,采购更多来自工程或平台团队而非业务侧直接拉动。其优势是高可定制性、生态成熟度和多样化部署形态;与Glean相比,Elastic更像底层搜索基础设施,而Glean更强调开箱即用的员工体验、权限上下文和agent层封装。 [Source1](https://www.gosearch.ai/faqs/what-are-the-top-glean-alternatives/) [Source2](https://www.gosearch.ai/faqs/top-glean-competitors-in-2026/)

Growth metrics

ARR growth pace过去一年接近4倍近4x2024年02月
Employees plan计划在年内把团队扩至700人2024年02月
ARR milestone$100M+ ARR(上一财年)2025年06月
Agent actions100M+ annually2025年06月
ARR$200M九个月翻倍2025年12月
Employees1,000+2025年12月
Countries served27+ countries2025年12月
Product velocity200 new features shipped in fiscal year2025年12月

Competitive narrative

Differentiators

Glean把enterprise search、assistant、agents、apps、APIs整合在单一Work AI平台,而不是单点聊天或单点搜索。 [Source](https://www.glean.com/product/overview)
其核心卖点是基于企业上下文与权限系统生成可追溯答案,强调source-level permissions、referenceable answers与governance。 [Source1](https://www.glean.com/product/overview) [Source2](https://docs.glean.com/release-notes/home)
从2025年起,产品从“搜索+助手”升级为横向agent平台,并围绕安全、互操作、on-prem部署和structured data持续扩展。 [Source1](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-makes-horizontal-ai-agents-for-enterprises-expands-work-ai-with-glean-agents) [Source2](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-expands-horizontal-agent-platform-delivers-dozens-of-agents-and-open-interoperability-across-the-enterprise) [Source3](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-delivers-ai-agents-and-enterprise-search-to-on-premises-environments-in-collaboration-with-dell-technologies) [Source4](https://www.glean.com/jp/press/glean-partners-with-snowflake-to-empower-both-users-and-agents-with-structured-data-insights)
相比基础模型厂商,Glean并不试图成为模型提供方,而是做企业知识与工作流层;相比传统enterprise search厂商,其更强调agent化与生成式AI体验。 [Source1](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai-search-startup-raises-150-million-at-7-billion-value.html) [Source2](https://www.kore.ai/blog/top-alternatives-for-glean)

Challenges and risks

与Microsoft、Amazon、OpenAI等平台型巨头竞争,分发与预算入口可能被suite bundling侵蚀。 [Source1](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/ai-powered-search-startup-glean-doubles-valuation-in-new-funding-round.html) [Source2](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai-search-startup-raises-150-million-at-7-billion-value.html)
估值在2024年02月至2025年06月间从$2.2B快速升至$7.2B,后续需要持续以ARR与大客户扩张证明估值合理性。 [Source1](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-announces-over-200m-series-d-to-accelerate-secure-deployment-of-generative-ai-in-the-enterprise) [Source2](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-raises-150m-series-f-at-7-2b-valuation-to-accelerate-enterprise-ai-agent-innovation-globally) [Source3](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-surpasses-200m-in-arr-for-enterprise-ai-doubling-revenue-in-nine-months)
随着agents承担更多行动权限,安全、governance、prompt injection与数据暴露风险会成为产品与销售中的核心门槛。 [Source1](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-bolsters-ai-security-expands-data-ai-governance) [Source2](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-and-palo-alto-networks-partner-to-secure-ai-agents-at-work)
传统搜索厂商与新兴AI搜索厂商都在强化企业知识问答,差异化需要持续依赖上下文质量、连接器覆盖和部署体验。 [Source1](https://www.kore.ai/blog/top-alternatives-for-glean) [Source2](https://www.gosearch.ai/faqs/what-are-the-top-glean-alternatives/) [Source3](https://www.gosearch.ai/faqs/top-glean-competitors-in-2026/)

Market position

截至2026年03月,Glean已从enterprise search创业公司演化为高增长的Work AI平台公司。其在2024年至2025年连续完成Series D、Series E、Series F,估值由$2.2B升至$7.2B,并在2025年12月披露ARR达到$200M,说明其已跨过单点产品验证阶段,进入规模化平台扩张期。 [Source1](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-announces-over-200m-series-d-to-accelerate-secure-deployment-of-generative-ai-in-the-enterprise) [Source2](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-announces-over-260-million-series-e-and-next-generation-prompting-as-it-brings-work-ai-to-the-enterprise) [Source3](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-raises-150m-series-f-at-7-2b-valuation-to-accelerate-enterprise-ai-agent-innovation-globally) [Source4](https://www.glean.com/press/glean-surpasses-200m-in-arr-for-enterprise-ai-doubling-revenue-in-nine-months) 市场上,Glean处在“企业知识层/工作流层AI平台”这一位置:上游连接foundation models与cloud platforms,下游连接员工工作流、知识库和业务系统。它既与传统enterprise search厂商争夺搜索与知识管理预算,也与Microsoft Copilot、Amazon Q Business、ChatGPT Enterprise等争夺企业AI助手入口。 [Source1](https://www.glean.com/product/overview) [Source2](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/glean-gen-ai-search-startup-raises-150-million-at-7-billion-value.html) [Source3](https://www.kore.ai/blog/top-alternatives-for-glean)