GLEAN

What GLEAN does

GLEAN is a New York-based consumer software company founded in 2013 that, according to its firmographic profile, operates a free, personalized, intelligent news feed application for Android and iOS designed to surface relevant events, apps, and articles to end users. The company is privately held, employs 1-10 people, and is described in its operating data as an active business; its primary web property (getglean.com) is, however, currently listed for sale on HugeDomains for $22,695, which is a material inconsistency with active operations.

The source data also contains a reference describing GLEAN as having achieved unicorn status in 2024 as an "enterprise AI search company." This characterization is inconsistent with the firmographic profile (1-10 employees, 2013 founding, consumer news-feed app, New York) and is more consistent with the separately known Glean Technologies enterprise-AI company founded in 2019 by Arvind Jain. The investor should treat the unicorn claim and the firmographic profile as data of uncertain linkage until reconciled. Within the firmographic framing, the business model is a free, consumer-facing app with no disclosed monetization mechanism, pricing tiers, customer segments, partners, or revenue; technology detail, product roadmap, and channel mix are also not provided in the input.

Name

GLEAN

Website

https://getglean.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GLEAN is a New York-based consumer software company founded in 2013 that offers a free, personalized intelligent news feed application for Android and iOS, helping end users discover events, apps, and articles, operated by a 1-10 person team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile News Aggregation

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Topic/Interest-Based Content Discovery Apps (MPACAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recommendation & Discovery Engines (content/product) (BPAMAAAG)

Keywords

• Personalized news feed
• Mobile content discovery
• News aggregation app
• Event recommendation app
• Consumer mobile application

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

GLEAN offered a free, personalized, intelligent news feed mobile application that helped consumers discover the best events, apps, and articles on Android or iOS phones. The product focused on content discovery and curation for individual users rather than enterprise customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Glean Personalized News Feed App A free mobile application available on Android and iOS that provides consumers with a personalized, intelligent news feed of events, apps, and articles. Targeted at individual smartphone users seeking curated content discovery rather than a generic news reader.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Flipboard: Flipboard is a personalized magazine-style news and content discovery app available on iOS and Android. It is the closest direct competitor to Glean's mobile content-feed product, with overlapping audience, format, and personalization approach.
• SmartNews: SmartNews is a mobile news discovery app that aggregates and ranks articles based on user interests. It competes directly with Glean in personalized, interest-based news and event content on Android and iOS.
• Feedly: Feedly is a feed-based content aggregator that lets users curate articles, news, and topic-based sources. It overlaps with Glean's content-discovery mission for users who want personalized, topic-driven reading on mobile.

Emerging players

• Pocket (Mozilla): Pocket is a read-later and content discovery app that recommends articles based on user interests. It shares Glean's consumer mobile discovery and personalization mechanic but is more focused on saving and reading.
• Inoreader: Inoreader is a feed reader and content discovery platform with mobile apps for personalized article aggregation. It overlaps with Glean's content curation approach, primarily serving power users.
• News360: News360 is an AI-driven personalized news aggregation service with mobile apps. It is comparable to Glean in using algorithmic personalization to surface interest-based stories to mobile readers.

Broad incumbents

• Apple News: Apple News is a default-installed personalized news aggregator on iOS that competes for the same user attention as Glean. As a platform incumbent, it has distribution and editorial resources unavailable to Glean.
• Google News / Google Discover: Google News and Google Discover are platform-level personalized news feeds shipped on Android and iOS. They define the baseline expectation for personalized content discovery that Glean must beat.
• Microsoft Start (MSN): Microsoft Start is a personalized news and content feed integrated across Windows, mobile, and web. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same user attention as Glean's personalized feed.

Regional players

• Meetup: Meetup is a leading event discovery platform with mobile apps. While narrower than Glean (events only), it represents the kind of vertical depth in event discovery that Glean includes as part of its broader feed.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/gleanapp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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