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Nearly every employee everywhere struggles at one time or another to find the document or information they need to do their job.

clearly sees that problem too, as the VC giant led a $100 million Series C for Palo Alto, California-based work assistant 鈥攋ust eight months after the startup came out of stealth.

The new financing gives the company a valuation of $1 billion. Glean previously raised $55 million, according to 附近上门.

Glean鈥檚 platform allows employees to search across all of a company鈥檚 applications to find the document, information or person they need in order to do their work.

In a release, the company points to a which showed employed Americans on average spend 25 percent of their workweek looking for what they need to work. It also found that 43 percent of respondents say they would consider leaving their jobs if their employer didn鈥檛 provide a better system to find things.

The category of improving employee searching is not new. Giants such as , and all supply some tools and platforms, as do startups like and .

Nevertheless, in a market where large rounds are getting harder to raise and valuations are dropping, it is noteworthy that Glean hit unicorn status after only eight months in the market.

Other investors in the company include , , and .

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