653: Efficiently Glean-ing Insights from Vast Data Warehouses

Carlos Aguilar, the founder and CEO of Glean, a data exploration and visualization platform, knows a thing or two about starting and growing a tech startup. After recently raising a $7 million seed round, he sits down with Jon Krohn to dive into the makings of his platform and shares tips for building a great founding team and how to delight early adopters.

In this episode you will learn:
• How Glean extracts actionable insights from their client's data warehouses [06:48]
• What sets Glean apart from other platforms [12:43]
• Glean's software stack [14:43]
• Glean's recent fundraising journey [24:56]
• The essential characteristics of a founding team [30:53]
• How Carlos founded Glean [36:56]
• Carlos's former role at Flatiron Health [40:49]
• How Carlos created a robotic painter [48:57]

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