The HOW of building iconic companies.
Founders who’ve done it at the highest level on recruiting, culture, intensity, and the inner game of the job. With Nakul Mandan.
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Arvind Jain. Glean.
Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean — the $7.2B enterprise AI platform OpenAI reportedly told its own investors not to fund — on why AI won't let companies shrink their workforce. A former Google distinguished engineer and Rubrik co-founder, Arvind explains Glean's bet on being the context layer for any frontier model, why every Glean leader must build their own AI agents, and why the feeling of having 'arrived' still hasn't shown up after seven years.
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