Malik Ismail

Malik Ismail currently serves as Chief of Staff at Glean, providing strategic support to Founder and CEO Arvind Jain since February 2025. Prior to this role, Malik worked as a Product Manager at Alpha Grid, a seed-stage AI startup, and served as an Advisor at X, the moonshot factory. Malik’s experience includes an Early Stage Investor position at Emerson Collective, where investment efforts focused on AI and robotics, leading to a Series A investment in robotics startup Field AI. Previously, Malik held a strategy role at X, focusing on Tapestry, an AI initiative for the electric grid, while also advising on various projects across agriculture technology, robotics, and energy. Malik Ismail's educational background includes pursuing an MBA and a Master of Science in Environment and Resources from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University, respectively, from January 2022 to January 2025.