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glean.com ↗added 2026-06-19
★ The $7.2B valuation was set a year ago, during which ARR grew from $100M to $300M — the multiple passively compressed to ~24x with no down round, rare among AI companies in 2026● Hiring

TL;DR中文

企业内部搜索起家,现在是"企业AI平台"。ARR从$100M到$300M只用了约16个月。估值倍数是这个list里最理性的之一(~24x),但它面对的对手也是最可怕的——Microsoft 365 Copilot。

Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard

v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08

Career Score

69/100

Coverage

100%

Verified

50%

Stage cohort

Late

Vibe Check

🎪 community voting coming soon

Momentum
14.5/16
Efficiency
12.5/20
Backing
5.5/8
Market
7.7/11
Product
7.7/11
Upside
8.5/16

Latest valuation

$7.2B(2025年6月10日 Series F,$150M)

Series F · 2025-06

ARR

$300M ARR

Total raised

~$765M(A轮至F轮累计,六轮融资)

as of 2025-06

Team size

~1,791人

figures vary
Enterprise AIEnterprise SearchFounded · 2019Stage · Late (Series F)HQ · Palo AltoSize · ~1,791人(2026年3月,第三方工作力数据估算;美国50.9%/印度34.3%/日本1.8%等)

Traction · Key numbers

ARR$300M ARR(2026年5月官方里程碑,独立媒体核实)与现有fixture的$300M数值一致,但provenance可从'estimate'(Sacra)升级为'public'——公司官方宣布并被TechCrunch独立报道(2026-05-28):https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/gleans-top-line-crosses-300m-as-ai-budget-cutting-becomes-its-major-selling-point/ 。TechCrunch并指出部分ARR为consumption run-rate而非纯订阅,与fixture现有的risk描述吻合。✓ Publicly verifiable ↗as of 2026-05
收入增速官方里程碑:~2025年3月 $100M ARR → 2025年12月8日 $200M ARR(9个月翻倍)→ 2026年5月28日 $300M ARR(约14个月增至3倍)补充两个官方节点确认整体曲线:$200M里程碑(2025-12-08,'nine months after crossing $100M')https://www.glean.com/blog/glean-200m-arr-milestone ;$300M里程碑(2026-05-28)https://www.glean.com/press/glean-surpasses-300m-arr-unrivaled-enterprise-context-fuels-ai-adoption 。现有fixture的numeric=1.89(+89% YoY)来自Sacra估算的12个月同比口径,本提案的numeric=3是14个月内的整体倍数(未年化),两者衡量口径不同,非互相矛盾,建议编辑保留两种表述或统一口径。✓ Publicly verifiable ↗as of 2026-05
Large-contract growthThe number of customers with $1M+ contracts roughly tripled in 9 months✓ Publicly verifiableas of 2026
Contract sizeMid-market initial contracts run $100K-500K/yr, Fortune 500 can exceed $5M/yr; sales cycles are 4-5 months for enterprise, ~90 days for mid-market✓ Publicly verifiableas of 2026

Funding

Total raised

~$765M(A轮至F轮累计,六轮融资)

Rounds

1

F

$150M

Series F · 2025-06 · valuation $7.2B(2025年6月10日 Series F,$150M) · led by Wellington Management

与fixture一致。官方公告同时列出新投资者(Khosla Ventures、Bicycle Capital、Geodesic Capital、Archerman Capital)与老股东跟投(Altimeter、Capital One Ventures、Citi、Coatue、DST Global、General Catalyst、ICONIQ、IVP、Kleiner Perkins、Latitude Capital、Lightspeed、Sapphire Ventures、Sequoia)。

▸The $7.2B valuation was set a year ago, during which ARR grew from $100M to $300M — the multiple passively compressed to ~24x with no down round, rare among AI companies in 2026

▸The price of the next round (or the absence of one) is the key thing to watch

Founders

Arvind Jain CEO

Former Google engineer and Rubrik co-founder; founded the company with a group of ex-Google search engineers — enterprise search is a problem nobody has cracked in twenty years, and this team already solved the hardest version of it once at Google

Reality · Working here

H1B / PERM有H1B担保历史:FY2015-FY2026累计68份H-1B LCA申请,FY2026已有约10份新增;median wage约$188,233;非H-1B dependent、非willful violator第三方站点汇总DOL官方LCA披露数据,非公司官方声明。fixture目前未包含h1b字段,此为新增。✓ Publicly verifiable ↗as of 2026-08
Remote policy混合办公:大多数团队每周4天到岗办公室、1天可在家办公;另有弹性工时、PTO与年末停工假公司自有页面信息(非独立第三方),fixture目前未包含remote_policy字段,此为新增。✓ Publicly verifiable ↗as of 2026-08
Comp model股权归属为标准4年归属:第1年归属25%,之后36个月按月归属(每月约2.08%);总薪酬中位数样本:软件工程师约$330K,工程经理约$1M+,偏股权驱动众包自报数据,非官方披露;未提供现金/股权具体拆分比例。fixture目前未包含comp_model字段,此为新增。~ 3rd-party estimate ↗as of 2026-08
GlassdoorOverall 3.8 · WLB 3.8
Equity liquidityUnknown
Hiring statusMostly Palo Alto, with operations in 28 countries and international roles growing; at 1,700 people it's a mid-to-large company with mature teams and career ladders across functions✎ Editorial judgmentas of 2026-07

Signals & Risks

CustomersDatabricksCanvaConfluentDuolingoT-Mobile
CompetitorsMicrosoft 365 Copilot (the overwhelming rival — natively integrated into Office, no procurement decision needed)Sierra (a different lane, but often compared side by side)ElasticCoveoIn-house RAG builds
CompetitionThe Microsoft threat isn't theoretical — whether knowledge-graph depth can hold off a rival that's 'bundled in for free' and natively integrated is the only question in the Glean story that truly matters
Revenue mixPart of ARR is consumption run-rate rather than pure seat subscriptions — revenue is more sensitive to how heavily customers actually use the product, so predictability drops; it amplifies growth in good times and amplifies the decline in bad ones
ValuationThe $7.2B valuation hasn't been updated in a year; the price of the next round (or the absence of one) is the key thing to watch

Editorial ✎

Good fit for

· People who want to build enterprise AI (rather than consumer) — one of the best specimens available

· Engineers in search, retrieval, and knowledge graphs — the ex-Google search team's technical lineage lives here

· Enterprise sales/solutions engineers: both contract sizes and the growth curve are attractive — the combination of 'product sells well, deals are big, cycles aren't long' is uncommon

Ask in the interview

1. What's your view on Microsoft — this company's long-term value hinges almost entirely on 'can a focused specialist beat a bundling giant' (Slack lost to Teams, but Zoom beat Skype). Form your own judgment on this before joining

Data changelog

Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record

2026-08-08
累计融资额 filled in as ~$765M(A轮至F轮累计,六轮融资)

data as of 2025-06 · Source: Wikipedia (Glean Technologies) ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
Remote 政策 filled in as 混合办公:大多数团队每周4天到岗办公室、1天可在家办公;另有弹性工时、PTO与年末停工假

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Glean 官方招聘页 ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
最近一轮领投机构 filled in as Wellington Management

data as of 2025-06 · Source: Glean 官方新闻稿 ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
最近一轮估值 filled in as $7.2B(2025年6月10日 Series F,$150M)

data as of 2025-06 · Source: Glean 官方新闻稿 / CNBC ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
团队规模 filled in as ~1,791人(2026年3月,第三方工作力数据估算;美国50.9%/印度34.3%/日本1.8%等)

data as of 2026-03 · Source: Revelio Labs ↗

~ 3rd-party estimate ↗
2026-08-08
H1B / 签证担保政策 filled in as 有H1B担保历史:FY2015-FY2026累计68份H-1B LCA申请,FY2026已有约10份新增;median wage约$188,233;非H-1B dependent、非willful violator

data as of 2026-08 · Source: H1BGrader(基于美国劳工部LCA公开披露数据) ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
Glassdoor WLB 分 filled in as 工作生活平衡 3.8 / 5.0

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Glassdoor ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
Glassdoor 总分 filled in as 3.8 / 5.0(约103条评价)

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Glassdoor ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
薪酬模式 filled in as 股权归属为标准4年归属:第1年归属25%,之后36个月按月归属(每月约2.08%);总薪酬中位数样本:软件工程师约$330K,工程经理约$1M+,偏股权驱动

data as of 2026-08 · Source: Levels.fyi ↗

~ 3rd-party estimate ↗
2026-08-08
收入增速 filled in as 官方里程碑:~2025年3月 $100M ARR → 2025年12月8日 $200M ARR(9个月翻倍)→ 2026年5月28日 $300M ARR(约14个月增至3倍)

data as of 2026-05 · Source: Glean 官方新闻稿 ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
2026-08-08
ARR / 年化收入 filled in as $300M ARR(2026年5月官方里程碑,独立媒体核实)

data as of 2026-05 · Source: Glean 官方新闻稿 / TechCrunch ↗

✓ Publicly verifiable ↗
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Sponsorship

✓ Publicly verifiable · government data

H-1B recent sponsorship activity Latest

DOL LCA Disclosure Data · FY2024 – FY2026 Q2 ↗
Fiscal yearLCAs certifiedPositionsAvg salary
FY202699$233k
FY20251818$213k
FY20241717$192k

✓ Glean has been filing LCAs for H-1B roles recently — actively sponsoring. An LCA is the required first step of an H-1B petition — the most direct public signal of whether a company sponsors right now.

Fiscal yearNew approvalsNew denialsRenewal approvalsRenewal denials
FY20231140
FY202240100

✓ Glean has approved H-1B petitions in FY2021–2023 — proven ability and precedent to sponsor.

Fiscal yearCasesCertifiedApproval rateAvg salary
FY202644100%$170k
FY202533100%$163k

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