Grit cover image

Grit

#168 CEO & Founder Glean, Arvind Jain w/ Mamoon Hamid: New Playbook

Dec 11, 2023
45:53
Snipd AI
Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean, and Mamoon Hamid, partner at Kleiner Perkins, discuss the state of the AI business, building great products, Arvind's childhood, leaving Google, Glean vs. Rubrik, the future of work, AI hype, picking a venture capitalist, and the meaning of 'grit' in building a startup.
Read more

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

  • Glean started with the vision of providing a high-quality search product for employees, and now faces the challenge of staying ahead of competitors in the AI-powered productivity tools market.
  • Building a product that solves a problem for a large number of people is exciting and fulfilling, but it also comes with challenges and the need for constant balance and difficult decisions.

Deep dives

Building a Product that Solves Challenges

Building a product that can help a lot of people is challenging but when the challenges are overcome, it feels like magic. The journey involves facing difficulties and handling challenging issues. Giving something, such as hard work, is necessary to achieve success. The opportunity to build great products is the reward for the hard work.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode