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Glean (Glean Technologies)

Application

Enterprise search and AI assistant for workplace knowledge.

Total funding$774.5M

Valuation$7.2B

Employees850

Founded2019

HeadquartersPalo Alto, USA

StatusPrivate

Products

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Glean Platform

  Searches a company's connected applications and runs assistants and agents over what it finds.

Inside Glean

• Glean Agents Application Included with the parent

  Build, deploy and orchestrate enterprise AI agents at scale.

• Glean Apps Application Included with the parent

  Build custom generative AI apps and agents on a company's own knowledge.

• Work Hub Application Included with the parent

  An intelligent company homepage that brings work, knowledge and agents into one surface.

• Glean AI Gateway Application

  Governs model traffic, tool calls and enterprise AI context flowing through third-party AI applications.

• Glean Assistant Application

  Enterprise-context AI coworker that answers questions, summarizes documents and takes action grounded in a company's own connected data.

• Glean Enterprise Context Application

  Builds enterprise context for AI from a company's applications, people and relationships (the knowledge/enterprise graph underlying Glean's other products).

• Glean Search Application

  Permissions-aware enterprise search across 100+ connected apps, using deep-learning semantic understanding and a company knowledge graph for personalized, real-time-indexed results.

• Glean Intelligence Application

  Model-routing and cost-optimization layer for the Glean platform: routes each task to the best of 40+ LLMs by cost/performance, runs continual memory learning across surfaces, and orchestrates an agent harness for long-running work.

• Glean Protect Application

  Governs AI wherever work happens: sensitive-data and AI-interaction protection, agent-permission enforcement, prompt-injection defense (96.9% detection accuracy) and end-to-end audit logging.

• Glean Transform Application

  Announced ("coming soon") module that maps enterprise workflows, ranks AI-automation opportunities, drafts agent blueprints for Glean Agent Builder, and tracks ROI of AI adoption.

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DDropboxPublic · $7.8BRelevant to Dropbox Dash.4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeNamed in filingSearch our internal documentsCompareMMicrosoftPublic · $3.7TGlean's own comparison page.8 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleSourced competitorBuild and run AI agentsCompareCClickUpPrivate · $4BClickUp's own /compare hub names Glean directly as a comparison target, an unusual cross-market pairing (workspace AI vs. enterprise search). Both Glean and ClickUp Brain carry search-internal-documents.4 of 8 capabilitiesDifferent layerSame scale bandSourced competitorSearch our internal documentsCompareVVectaraPrivateVectara's own comparison page positions it as an alternative to Glean for enterprise search, document retrieval and RAG-powered question answering.1 of 8 capabilitiesDifferent layerSourced competitorSearch our internal documentsCompareHHebbiaPrivate · $700MSame report/section as Harvey.1 of 8 capabilitiesDifferent layerSmaller scaleSourced competitorSearch our internal documentsCompare

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larger scale (public).2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareHHarveyPrivate · $11BGlean Intelligence and Harvey Memory both serve buyers who need to keep an assistant's memory of a company or team; similar scale (private).3 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDocusignPublic · $12.7BGlean Protect and Docusign Identify do comparable work on data security; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; similar scale (public).5 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeComparePAPalo Alto NetworksPublic · $302.9BGlean Protect and AI Access Security do comparable work on data security and guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; larger scale (public).4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareOOpenEvidencePrivate · $12.2BWork Hub and OpenEvidence do comparable work on search answers; similar scale (private).2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAtlassianPublic · $48.2BOverlaps on agent orchestration, knowledge retrieval, summarization and 1 more; larger scale (public).4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareIIBMPublic · $216.6BGlean Protect and IBM Guardium AI Security do comparable work on data security; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; larger scale (public).6 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareMMoveworksAcquiredOverlaps on agent orchestration, knowledge retrieval, summarization and 1 more; Moveworks is acquired, with no independent scale.4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSlackPrivateGlean Assistant and Slack AI do comparable work on summarization; Slack's scale not recorded.3 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareKKakaoPublic · $16BGlean Assistant and Kanana in KakaoTalk do comparable work on search answers and summarization; larger scale (public).4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareDDataikuPrivate · $3.7BOverlaps on agent orchestration, data security, guardrails and safety and 2 more; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).5 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareVAVectra AIPrivate · $1.2BGlean Protect and Cloud Detection and Response for AWS do comparable work on data security; 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larger scale (public).6 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareKKrispPrivateGlean Protect and Krisp Voice Security both serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Krisp's scale not recorded.1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareNNotionPrivate · $11BOverlaps on agent orchestration, knowledge retrieval, summarization and 1 more; similar scale (private).4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareRCRed CanaryPrivateGlean Protect and Red Canary Managed Phishing Response both serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; Red Canary's scale not recorded.1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareDDecagonPrivate · $4.5BOverlaps on agent orchestration and summarization; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareCCiscoPublic · $433.3BGlean Protect and Cisco AI Defense do comparable work on data security and guardrails and safety; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; larger scale (public).6 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareFFortinetPublic · $124.8BGlean Protect and FortiDLP do comparable work on data security; both also serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; larger scale (public).3 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAAnthropicPrivate · $965BGlean Assistant and Claude do comparable work on search answers and summarization; both also serve buyers who need to use an everyday AI assistant; larger scale (private).7 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareCConsensusPrivate · $45M raisedGlean Assistant and Consensus do comparable work on summarization; similar scale (private).2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareVSVerint SystemsAcquiredOverlaps on agent orchestration, knowledge retrieval, summarization and 1 more; Verint Systems is acquired, with no independent scale.4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCanvaPrivate · $42BGlean Assistant and Magic Write do comparable work on summarization; 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Fathom is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCluelyPrivate · $15M raisedGlean Assistant and Cluely do comparable work on summarization; similar scale (private).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareWFWispr FlowPrivate · $2BGlean Assistant and Wispr Flow Notetaker do comparable work on summarization; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareXxAIAcquired ($230B deal)Glean Assistant and Grokipedia do comparable work on search answers; xAI is acquired, with no independent scale.3 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLLinagoraPrivateGlean Assistant and LinTO do comparable work on summarization; Linagora's scale not recorded.2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAbridgePrivate · $5.3BGlean Assistant and Abridge do comparable work on summarization; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareAHAmbience HealthcarePrivate · $1.3BGlean Assistant and Ambience do comparable work on summarization; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareHHyperWritePrivateWork Hub and HyperWrite do comparable work on search answers; HyperWrite's scale not recorded.2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareCCodeRabbitPrivate · $1.5BGlean AI Gateway and CodeRabbit Security do comparable work on guardrails and safety; ships AI agent and developer tool rather than the same layer.2 of 8 capabilitiesDifferent layerSame scale bandCompareOOraclePublic · $454.4BOverlaps on agent orchestration, guardrails and safety, knowledge retrieval and 2 more; larger scale (public).5 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAApplePublic · $4.6TGlean Assistant and Apple Intelligence do comparable work on summarization; larger scale (public).2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAAlphabet (Google)Public · $4.2TWork Hub and Agent Search do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (public).6 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareFAFiddler AIPrivate · $100M raisedGlean AI Gateway and Fiddler Guardrails do comparable work on guardrails and safety; 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Copy.ai is acquired, with no independent scale.3 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareYYellow.aiPrivateOverlaps on agent orchestration and knowledge retrieval; Yellow.ai's scale not recorded.2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSStepFunPrivate · $10BWork Hub and 阶跃AI (StepFun AI) do comparable work on search answers; similar scale (private).5 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareMFMind FoundryPrivate · $44M raisedGlean Protect and Nightingale both serve buyers who need to detect and respond to security threats; similar scale (private).Shared product typeCompareRRobinhoodPublic · $108.6BOverlaps on agent orchestration; larger scale (public).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareAAlphaSensePrivate · $7.5BOverlaps on knowledge retrieval; same layer and the same scale band (growth-stage private).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeSame scale bandCompareCClayPrivate · $319M raisedOverlaps on agent orchestration; similar scale (private).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSSierraPrivate · $15.8BOverlaps on agent orchestration and workflow automation; larger scale (private).2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareNCNAVER CloudPrivateGlean Assistant and CLOVA Note do comparable work on summarization; NAVER Cloud's scale not recorded.3 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAlibabaPublic · $273.4BGlean Assistant and Qwen do comparable work on summarization; larger scale (public).4 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareMmonday.comPublic · $3.9BOverlaps on agent orchestration and workflow automation; similar scale (public).2 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareTTuringPrivate · $2.2BGlean AI Gateway and Turing Intelligence Platform do comparable work on guardrails and safety; ships agent platform and data service rather than the same layer.3 of 8 capabilitiesDifferent layerSame scale bandCompareAIApplied IntuitionPrivate · $15BOverlaps on agent orchestration; larger scale (private).1 of 8 capabilitiesShared product typeLarger scaleCompareSSalesforcePublic · $196.1BOverlaps on agent orchestration, knowledge retrieval and workflow automation; 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Closest alternatives are pairs a vendor page itself compares. Similar products are matched from what each product does; nothing in that group is asserted as a rivalry.

Sources

Total funding

Third-party database · 30 May 2026

Invest and Sell Glean Stock, Forge Global, May 30, 2026. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Valuation

Press release · 10 Jun 2025

Glean raises $150M Series F at $7.2B valuation to transform how companies use AI to accelerate innovation, Glean, 2025-06-10. post-money valuation of the round dated 2025-06-10. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Employees

Press release · 10 Jun 2025

Glean raises $150M Series F at $7.2B valuation to transform how companies use AI to accelerate innovation, Glean, 2025-06-10. Read via stockanalysis.com's citation for this figure on 2026-08-27.

Founded

Wikipedia · 27 Aug 2026

Wikipedia infobox "founded" field, read 2026-08-27.

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