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Glimpse

YC S20

New York City, US · Founded 2024 · 27 employees · Hiring · 6 known investors

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Glimpse consolidates retail sales data and uses AI agents to automate revenue recovery, cash application, and dispute management for consumer brands.

Also known as Glimpse AI

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S20)

Glimpse was founded in 2024 by Akash Raju, Anuj Mehta, Kushal Negi, and Elan Miller.

ARAkash Raju
Akash Rajuin𝕏FounderFounder and CEO of Glimpse, an AI platform that automates revenue recovery, cash application, and dispute management for retail brands.30 Under 30 2023
AMAnuj Mehta
Anuj Mehtain𝕏FounderAnuj Mehta is a co-founder at Glimpse where he serves as Chief Product Officer.30 Under 30 2023
KNKushal Negi
Kushal NegiinFounderKushal Negi is Co-Founder and CTO at Glimpse.30 Under 30 2023
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Elan MillerCofounder30 Under 30 2023

Investors · 6

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$70M disclosed across 2 of 5 rounds · 2024–2026

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Glimpse provides software for consumer packaged goods brands to manage retailer deductions and recover revenue lost to invalid chargebacks and shortages. The platform ingests documents and data from across the retail order-to-cash chain — proof-of-delivery and bill-of-lading slips, invoices and purchase orders, remittance and promotional PDFs, email inboxes, retailer portals and ERP systems — and consolidates them into a single system of record for deductions.

AI agents perform retrieval and validation: pulling deduction data from connected sources, classifying deductions as valid or invalid, and initiating and tracking disputes for both historical and live deductions. Alongside deductions management, the product covers revenue recovery, cash application and ERP synchronization, with reporting on channel P&L, accounts receivable quality and days sales outstanding. The company states it works with more than 200 consumer brands and maintains pre-built integrations with more than 20 retailers.

Business model

Software platform sold to consumer brands, connecting to their retailer portals and ERP systems to automate deductions dispute and recovery workflows.

Traction

The company reports more than 200 consumer brands as customers and integrations with over 20 retailers, and cites customer outcomes including a 2.5% topline revenue lift, 4.3x increase in disputes filed, 80% reduction in labor hours, seven figures in invalid shortage deductions identified at Evermark within 24 hours, and six-figure recovery with a 1.1% gross margin improvement in one quarter at Miss Jones Baking Co.

Latest developments

Glimpse announced a $35M raise to expand AI-native infrastructure for CPG and retail.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Positions itself against a patchwork of legacy deductions tools and manual, spreadsheet-driven processes, emphasizing end-to-end automation, unified visibility and scalability as deduction volume grows.

Consolidation of retail deduction data sources into one platform with automated end-to-end dispute workflows and pre-built retailer integrations, rather than custom integrations and manual review.

Technology

AI agents for data retrieval and deduction validation, document parsing across POD/BOL slips, invoices, purchase orders and remittance PDFs, and pre-built connectors to retailer portals and ERP systems.

Go-to-market

Direct sales led by demo requests and a self-serve recovery calculator on the website, followed by a structured onboarding process targeting roughly 45 days from demo to live dispute filing; customer case studies are used as proof points.

Consumer packaged goods and consumer brands selling through retail channels; named users include Evermark (Suave, ChapStick, Q-Tips), Miss Jones Baking Co. and non-alcoholic beer brand Bero.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Consumer brand customersJan 2025200 brands
HeadcountAug 202663
Increase in disputes filedJan 20254.3 x
Onboarding timeJan 202545 days
Reduction in labor hoursJan 202580%
Retailer integrationsJan 202520 retailers
Topline revenue lift for customersJan 20252.5%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 5

by search overlap
Glimpsecorp13 shared keywordsGlimpse provides loss prevention technology for bars, restaurants, and nightclubs by connecting video footage with POS data to identify unrecorded or delayed sales transactions. The platform uses video analysis to uncover revenue loss and employee accountability issues, delivering actionable insights through reports and dashboards.
Glympse9 shared keywordsGlympse provides real-time location intelligence and operational coordination software that helps businesses manage field operations, deliveries, and asset movements through live visibility, geofencing, proactive notifications, and workflow automation. The platform serves organizations in field service, logistics, healthcare, industrial facilities, and roadside assistance across over 135 countries.
a16z Speedrun8 shared keywordsa16z is a venture capital firm that invests in seed to growth-stage technology companies across artificial intelligence, healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, gaming, and infrastructure sectors. The firm leverages a large team of operators and ex-founders to support portfolio companies across multiple stages of development.
Confido7 shared keywordsConfido provides AI-powered automation for cash application, deduction management, and dispute resolution on a single platform, designed specifically for accounting teams at consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands.
8Vc6 shared keywordsVals builds independent, research-grade AI benchmarks and evaluation infrastructure that measure real-world performance of language models across professional tasks like legal research, finance, and healthcare. The company provides unbiased measurement infrastructure used by both AI labs and enterprises to understand model capabilities and guide deployment decisions.

Companies competing with Glimpse for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
Glimpse raises $35M to bring AI-native infrastructure to CPG and retail

The company's website announces a $35M raise to build AI-native infrastructure for CPG and retail.

$35M source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Glimpse do?
Glimpse is an AI platform that automates retailer deductions management and revenue recovery for CPG brands.
Who founded Glimpse?
Glimpse was founded by Akash Raju, Anuj Mehta, Kushal Negi, Elan Miller in 2024.
Who are Glimpse's investors?
Glimpse's investors include 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Data Tech, Informed Ventures Advisors, Llc, Origin Ventures, Y Combinator.
How much funding has Glimpse raised?
Glimpse has disclosed $70M raised across 2 of its 5 known rounds.
Where is Glimpse headquartered?
Glimpse is headquartered in New York City, US.