Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Decagon
Small (~210)
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
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Ratings
AnyscaleDecagon
4.2
3.9
Overall
3.8
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.2
3.8
Culture & Values
4.1
3.2
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.7
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.7
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Decagon only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 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
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
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.
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Anyscale also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy. Decagon also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Decagon has 95 open roles.