Grit #168 CEO & Founder Glean, Arvind Jain w/ Mamoon Hamid: New Playbook
Dec 11, 2023
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.
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Arvind Jain's Sudden Celebrity
- Arvind Jain experienced sudden fame in the cloud world, becoming a local celebrity among CIOs.
- This rapid rise changed how he could move and interact at events like AWS re:Invent.
AI Market Evolution Transformed
- The AI market shifted from a niche interest to broad demand with everyone educated on its importance.
- This shift created huge competition but also accelerated Glean's product adoption.
Execution Is Everything
- Execution is crucial, evolving from solo engineering to scaling product and go-to-market for large enterprises.
- Distilling complex enterprise search into a simple, effective product underpins Glean's success.