Giridhar Murthy

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Software Engineer at Glean

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Overview

Giridhar Murthy is a two-time founder and software engineer with deep expertise in speech recognition, NLP, and performance analysis tools. He co-founded Little Eye Labs (acquired by Meta) and Slang Labs, and has held engineering roles at Apple and Glean. He earned his M. S. from The Ohio State University.

Outside of his extensive work in technology, Giridhar has a passion for the outdoors. In his free time, he has been known to enjoy a range of activities from trekking to sky diving, showcasing an adventurous spirit that complements his professional drive.

His first startup, Little Eye Labs, was the first Indian company to be acquired by Facebook (now Meta).

Personality Overview

Assertive

Value Driven

Curious

They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

AI Assistants
Co-founded Slang Labs and launched Conva. ai, a platform for developers to build, deploy, and monitor AI assistants for mobile and web applications.
Voice Interfaces
His work at Slang Labs focuses on creating multilingual voice interfaces, aiming to make technology more accessible for millions of users in India.
AI-Native Engineering
Recently spoke at an event about his learnings and experiences building and being part of AI-native engineering teams at his current company, Glean.

Media Appearances

Giridhar has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2025
Software Engineer at Glean
9-2017 - 2-2025
Cofounder & CTO at Slang Labs
1-2014 - 6-2017
Software Engineer at Meta
1-2013 - 1-2014
Cofounder at Little Eye Labs
10-2009 - 2-2013
Software Engineer at Apple Inc.

Education

2007 - 2009
M.S from The Ohio State University
2000 - 2004
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from PES University

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Exp : 15 Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Job Level : N/A Designation : Software Engineer at Glean
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Insights For Selling To Giridhar

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a social do but don’t rely solely on the relationship
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Giridhar is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Giridhar

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Giridhar move?

  • They like to perform full analysis and can take time to make any decision.
  • Can Giridhar take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Giridhar

Personality Compatibility


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