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T. R. Vishwanath

Also known as Vishwanath T R, TR Vishwanath

Vishwanath is co-founder and chief technology officer of Glean, a Palo Alto company building artificial-intelligence tools for workplace search and assistance. He holds a B.Tech. in computer science from IIT Delhi and a master's from the University of Texas at Austin. Early work included a Bay Area storage startup, developer tools and runtimes at Microsoft, and close to a decade of technical leadership at Facebook on the developer platform, News Feed, and Ads. In 2019 he helped found Glean, which emerged from stealth in September 2021 with enterprise search and in the spring of 2023 added generative AI through a conversational assistant. He oversees the company's integrations with workplace data sources.

Now at
Glean

Timeline

  1. Early 2000s

    A Bay Area storage startup

    A storage startup in the Bay Area gives him his first taste of startup life in the early 2000s. He holds a B.Tech. in computer science from IIT Delhi and a master's from the University of Texas at Austin.

  2. Before 2019

    Microsoft and Facebook engineering

    Before he co-founds Glean in 2019, he spends close to a decade in technical leadership at Facebook on the developer platform, News Feed, and Ads, after work on developer tools and runtimes at Microsoft.

  3. 2019

    Co-founding Glean

    In 2019, he helps found Glean with Arvind Jain, Piyush Prahladka, and Tony Gentilcore. The company raises a $15.3 million Series A and begins building enterprise search in stealth.

  4. September 2021

    Enterprise search goes public

    Glean, based in Palo Alto, emerges from stealth in September 2021 with a work assistant and discloses $55 million in funding. Enterprise search is already in use at more than 40 companies. He and James Simonsen build an enterprise knowledge graph that indexes content, people, and activity.

  5. 2023

    A conversational assistant

    Glean announces in the spring of 2023 that it is incorporating generative AI into its product. The company launches a conversational Assistant grounded in enterprise search.

  6. April 2025

    Leadership for Glean:GO

    In April 2025, he is co-founder and chief technology officer on Glean's executive leadership team for the Glean:GO conference.

  7. As of October 2026

    CTO at Glean

    He is co-founder, chief technology officer, and technical infrastructure lead at Glean, and he oversees integrations with workplace data sources. The company's technologies include artificial intelligence and generative AI.

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  1. TR Vishwanath | Glean glean.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  2. About Glean | Enterprise AI Platform for Work glean.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  3. Arvind Jain Pushes into AI-powered Productivity | Sequoia Capital sequoiacap.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  4. Glean's journey from workplace search to enterprise AI glean.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  5. Glean: 2025 CNBC Disruptor 50 cnbc.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  6. Glean's New Work Assistant Aims to Solve Enterprise Search reworked.co. Checked 16 October 2026.
  7. How We Built AI-Powered Workplace Search at Glean glean.com. Checked 16 October 2026.
  8. Glean Brings Together Industry Leaders and AI Visionaries Driving the Next Era of Work at Inaugural Glean:GO Conference | Glean Press glean.com. Checked 16 October 2026.