The Future of Enterprise AI: $100M ARR, Agents, Company Building, and Scaling Unicorns | Arvind Jain (Co-founder of Glean, Rubrik, ex-Google)

Discover how Glean AI is transforming enterprise productivity with AI-powered search and intelligent agents.

About the episode:

Join Nataraj as he explores the evolution of enterprise AI with Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean. From its roots as an AI-powered search solution, Glean has transformed into a comprehensive AI agent platform, helping companies like Zapier, Carta, and Grammarly boost productivity. Arvind shares his journey, the challenges of building a universal AI assistant, and his vision for the future of AI at work. Discover how Glean is helping enterprises leverage AI to streamline workflows and enhance employee efficiency. Learn how Glean ensures AI delivers value safely and securely.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the evolution of Glean from an AI-powered search tool to a comprehensive AI agent platform.
• Discover how Glean helps enterprises address productivity challenges by providing quick access to internal knowledge.
• Learn about the techniques Glean employs to reduce hallucinations and ensure accurate, reliable AI-driven insights.
• Explore the diverse use cases of AI agents in sales, customer service, engineering, and legal departments.
• Gain insights into Arvind Jain's vision for the future of work, where AI proactively assists employees in their daily tasks.

About the Guest and Host:

Arvind Jain: CEO of Glean, work AI platform, and co-founder of Rubrik.

Connect with Guest:

→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jain-arvind

→ Website: glean.com

Nataraj: Host of the Startup Project podcast, Senior PM at Azure & Investor.

→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarajsindam/

→ Substack: ⁠https://startupproject.substack.com/⁠

In this episode, we cover

• (00:01) Introduction to Arvind Jain and Glean AI
• (01:13) What Glean does: AI-powered search and conversational AI assistant
• (03:43) The origin story of Glean: Solving productivity challenges in fast-growing companies
• (06:46) The evolution from search to an AI assistant
• (09:45) The advantages of tackling hard problems in startups
• (12:37) Techniques to reduce AI hallucinations and ensure accuracy
• (17:31) Model Hub: The different models Glean uses
• (20:16) Use cases for AI agent platforms across various departments
• (24:42) Workflow agents and the importance of integrations
• (31:59) The future of work: Proactive AI companions
• (37:14) Glean's cross-platform vision
• (39:07) How AI is changing the business of fast-growing startups
• (43:39) How Glean is becoming more AI-first internally
• (47:04) Ideas Arvind would explore if starting over with AI
• (49:49) Key metrics Arvind watches at Glean AI

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