Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Best For
Anyscale
Best for: Distributed systems and ML infrastructure engineers who want to work on the Ray open-source project and commercial AI infra
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Ratings
AnyscaleCursor (Anysphere)
4.2
4.0
Overall
3.8
3.5
Work-Life Balance
4.2
4.0
Culture & Values
4.1
4.2
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
🔓 Open Source
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Anyscale
- Brilliant colleagues from top companies
- Direct impact on AI/ML ecosystem
- Context switching between projects
- Documentation can lag behind development
Cursor (Anysphere)
- Building the most-loved AI code editor — massive developer love and daily impact
- Tiny team, extreme ownership — every person shapes the product directly
- Extremely small team = no specialists; everyone does everything
- Intense pace — the speed of shipping can be relentless
Bottom Line
Anyscale
Choose Anyscale if you want to work on Ray — the dominant compute framework for AI workloads — with strong engineering culture and open-source DNA.
Cursor (Anysphere)
Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Cursor (Anysphere) — 77 jobs
💻 Engineering
33
💼 Sales / GTM
19
📊 Data
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
🎨 Design
2
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
📣 Marketing
1
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.5 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy, Ship Fast & Iterate. Anyscale also emphasizes Open Source. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles.