{"id":21024,"date":"2026-02-12T02:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21024"},"modified":"2026-02-12T02:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:52:25","slug":"who-will-own-your-companys-ai-layer-gleans-ceo-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=21024","title":{"rendered":"Who will own your company\u2019s AI layer? Glean\u2019s CEO explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enterprise AI is shifting fast from chatbots that answer questions to systems that actually do the work across an organization. But who will own the AI layer that powers all of it?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Glean<\/a>, which started as an enterprise search product, has evolved into what it calls an \u201cAI work assistant,\u201d aiming to\u00a0sit underneath other AI experiences, connecting to internal systems, managing permissions, and delivering intelligence wherever employees work.\u00a0Investors are buying into\u00a0the vision, too \u2014 the startup raised\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/06\/10\/enterprise-ai-startup-glean-lands-a-7-2b-valuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$150 million last year at a\u00a0$7.2 billion\u00a0valuation<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0more competition\u00a0heats up\u00a0against tech giants bundling\u00a0AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch as <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equity<\/a>\u00a0host 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\u2019s driving consolidation, and\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0real versus hype in the agent space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/who-will-own-your-companys-ai-layer-gleans-ceo-explains\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprise AI is shifting fast&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[249],"tags":[332,12738,12739,770,12740,12741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}