Arvind Jain
2× unicorn founderCo-Founder (former; departed to found Glean) at Rubrik · Founder & CEO at Glean
Palo Alto, CA
FoundedRubrik$20.2BGlean$7.2BGlean
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373 people in our graph share verified history with Arvind — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Nancy WangunlockedArvind: together at Rubrik (2017–2019)
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Arvind: together at Akamai Technologies
Arvind: together at University of Washington
About
Arvind Jain founded Glean in 2019 and built the enterprise AI assistant that searches a company's entire knowledge base, reaching a $7.2 billion valuation in its June 2025 Series F led by Wellington. Raised in Jaipur and trained at IIT Delhi and the University of Washington, he spent eleven years as a Google Distinguished Engineer across Search, Maps, and YouTube, then co-founded Rubrik in 2014 — the data-security company that IPO'd in 2024. Glean began with a survey inside Rubrik: employees' single biggest problem was that they couldn't find anything across their 300 cloud apps, so he left to fix it.
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Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Rubrik in January 2014 with Bipul Sinha, Soham Mazumdar, and Arvind Nithrakashyap, leading R&D; it IPO'd on the NYSE in 2024. Founded Glean in March 2019 with T.R. Vishwanath, Tony Gentilcore, and Piyush Prahladka, after a Rubrik employee survey showed information-finding was the top productivity problem.
- Education
- IIT Delhi computer science graduate who entered the University of Washington's PhD program in 1996 and left with a master's for industry.
- Family
- Born and raised in Jaipur, India, where his parents encouraged his early interest in computers.
- More
- Spent eleven years at Google (2003–2014) as a Distinguished Engineer, leading teams across Search, Maps, and YouTube.
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Founder & CEO at Glean
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Glean's investors · 21
Adams Street PartnersChicago · $150M – $750M checksAdvaita CapitalBostonCategory VenturesSan FranciscoCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksCold Start VenturesNew YorkCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checksDash VCSan FranciscoDatabricks VenturesSan FranciscoFoundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksGeodesic CapitalFoster CityICONIQSan FranciscoIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksPlug and Play VenturesSunnyvale · $50K – $12M checksRiverbend CapitalWashingtonSapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksSoftBank Vision FundLondonWorkday VenturesSan Francisco
Co-founders at Glean
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Vishwanath T RCo-founder and CTO
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Tony GentilcoreCo-founder, Engineering
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T.R. VishwanathCo-Founder and Technical Infrastructure Lead
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Piyush PrahladkaCo-Founder Emeritus
Co-Founder (former; departed to found Glean) at Rubrik
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Rubrik's investors · 22
Anicut CapitalNew Delhi · $385K – $12M checksBain Capital VenturesBoston · $1M – $100M checksChamaeleonSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M checksEngineering CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $10M checksEQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFourth RealmMenlo ParkGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksJC2 VenturesMenlo ParkKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMana VenturesEsteroMS&AD VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $3M checksNext Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksSparq Capital (SFO)Palo AltoU First CapitalSilicon ValleyVershina CapitalNicosiaWestRiver GroupIssaquah
Co-founders at Rubrik
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Bipul SinhaCo-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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Arvind NithrakashyapCo-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Director
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Soham MazumdarCo-Founder (former)
Founder & CEO at Glean
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Glean's investors · 18
Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2024B Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checksB4 Capital$10M – $50M checksCapital One VenturesMcLean · since 2024Clocktower VenturesSanta Monica · $100K – $20M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2024Contour Venture PartnersNew York · $500K – $2M checksCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2024Databricks VenturesSan Francisco · since 2024DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2024General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2024ICONIQ GrowthSan Francisco · since 2024IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2024Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2024Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2024Sapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2024Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2024Workday VenturesSan Francisco · since 2024
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Co-founders at Glean
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Howard KatzenbergFounder & CEO
Experience
- GleanFounder and CEOcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Rubrik, Inc.Co-Foundercurrent2014 — present
- GoogleDistinguished Engineer2003 — 2014
- Riverbed TechnologyFounding Engineer2002 — 2003
- Akamai TechnologiesArchitect1999 — 2002
- Microsoft CorporationSoftware Engineer1997 — 1999
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Arvind JainNo Priors Ep. 115 | With Glean Founder and CEO Arvind Jain
No Priors
How Glean CEO Arvind Jain Solved the Enterprise Search Problem
Sequoia Training Data · sequoiacap.com
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arvind Jain?
- Arvind Jain founded Glean in 2019 and built the enterprise AI assistant that searches a company's entire knowledge base, reaching a $7.2 billion valuation in its June 2025 Series F led by Wellington. Raised in Jaipur and trained at IIT Delhi and the University of Washington, he spent eleven years as a Google Distinguished Engineer across Search, Maps, and YouTube, then co-founded Rubrik in 2014 — the data-security company that IPO'd in 2024. Glean began with a survey inside Rubrik: employees' single biggest problem was that they couldn't find anything across their 300 cloud apps, so he left to fix it.
- Where does Arvind Jain work?
- Arvind Jain is Co-Founder (former; departed to found Glean) of Rubrik and Founder & CEO at Glean and Founder & CEO at Glean.
- What companies did Arvind Jain found?
- Arvind Jain founded Rubrik, Glean, Glean.
- Where did Arvind Jain go to school?
- Arvind Jain studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (BTech, Computer Science); University of Washington (Masters, Computer Science).
- What podcasts and interviews feature Arvind Jain?
- Tracked appearances include "No Priors Ep. 115 | With Glean Founder and CEO Arvind Jain", "How Glean CEO Arvind Jain Solved the Enterprise Search Problem".
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