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glean.comadded 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 verifiableas 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 verifiableas 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 verifiableas 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 verifiableas 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 estimateas 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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