Atlassian CEO Claims Edge on Glean; Trouble Exporting From Teams

Enterprise search startup Glean has attracted customers and venture capital thanks to an AI search tool that lets employees quickly find corporate files and data in all of the apps their companies use. But Mike Cannon-Brookes, the CEO and co-founder of productivity app Atlassian, thinks his company is ahead of Glean in enterprise search—despite launching its rival product, Rovo, three years after Glean did.

Cannon-Brookes said in an interview on The Information’s TITV streaming show that he “would be shocked” if Rovo is not seeing more usage than Glean “by quite a long distance.” Atlassian launched Rovo last October as a feature for its applications, while Glean sells its search product on a standalone basis.