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Investors are buying into the vision, too \u2014 the startup raised $150 million last year at a $7.2 billion valuation as competition heats up against tech giants bundling AI. \n\nOn this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Glean\u2019s CEO and founder Arvind Jain at Web Summit Qatar to break down how enterprises are thinking about AI architecture, what's driving consolidation, and what's real versus hype in the agent space. \n\nChapters:\n\n00:00 Intro\n01:01 Glean's evolution from enterprise search to AI work assistant\n03:33 How employee search behavior shaped the agentic platform\n06:13 From evangelizing AI to a total land grab\n08:20 Competing with (and partnering with) big tech\n10:00 The three layers: Models, integrations, and permissions\n13:57 Glean as middleware for enterprise AI\n16:40 Platform vs. end user: How companies use Glean today\n18:37 Voice, chat, and invisible agents: AI in 2026\n20:00 What's real vs. premature in AI agents\n22:35 How AI is reshaping CEO decision-making\n25:00 Reskilling the workforce for an AI-first world\n27:20 Will Glean stay private or IPO soon?\n28:06 Outro\n\nSubscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. 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But who will own the AI layer that powers all of it? \n\nGlean, which started as an enterprise search product, has evolved into what it calls an \u201cAI work assistant,\u201d aiming to sit underneath other AI experiences, connecting to internal systems, managing permissions, and delivering intelligence wherever employees work. Investors are buying into the vision, too \u2014 the startup raised $150 million last year at a $7.2 billion valuation as competition heats up against tech giants bundling AI. \n\nOn this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Glean\u2019s CEO and founder Arvind Jain at Web Summit Qatar to break down how enterprises are thinking about AI architecture, what's driving consolidation, and what's real versus hype in the agent space. \n\nChapters:\n\n00:00 Intro\n01:01 Glean's evolution from enterprise search to AI work assistant\n03:33 How employee search behavior shaped the agentic platform\n06:13 From evangelizing AI to a total land grab\n08:20 Competing with (and partnering with) big tech\n10:00 The three layers: Models, integrations, and permissions\n13:57 Glean as middleware for enterprise AI\n16:40 Platform vs. end user: How companies use Glean today\n18:37 Voice, chat, and invisible agents: AI in 2026\n20:00 What's real vs. premature in AI agents\n22:35 How AI is reshaping CEO decision-making\n25:00 Reskilling the workforce for an AI-first world\n27:20 Will Glean stay private or IPO soon?\n28:06 Outro\n\nSubscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. 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