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Glimmer

Website

Glimmer is a new way to search massive PDFs using AI. If you've ever dealt with massive PDFs (i.e. over 1,000 pages), you know how broken search can be. You have no choice but to use “Cmd-F” and manually sift through thousands of search results to find specific information. Professionals in construction, law, finance, and healthcare spend hours

Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Glimmer is a new way to search massive PDFs using AI.

If you've ever dealt with massive PDFs (i.e. over 1,000 pages), you know how broken search can be. You have no choice but to use “Cmd-F” and manually sift through thousands of search results to find specific information. Professionals in construction, law, finance, and healthcare spend hours doing this every day.

Glimmer makes searching these large documents 10x easier.

When you upload a PDF, Glimmer uses AI to intelligently index your documents. You can then search your PDF in natural language and get answers with verifiable page sources.

You can get started with Glimmer for free with any kind of PDF at withglimmer.com.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Praneeth Guduguntla

Founder

Praneeth is the co-founder and CEO of Glimmer. Previously, he built computer vision widgets at Palantir and launched the first AI video editing tool for Facebook Reels at Meta. Praneeth graduated from UIUC with a computer science degree where where he and his co-founder built software for nonprofits together.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Arman Rafati

Founder

Arman is the co-founder and CTO of Glimmer. Previously, he worked on corporate cards at Mercury, the first-ever BNPL debit card at Affirm, and helped launch AWS's Heroku competitor, AppRunner. Arman studied Computer Science & Economics at UIUC. He spent most of his free time in college building software for nonprofits, and most of his free time in high school reselling sneakers and building an app that he sold to his high school.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2023 · Source

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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