Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Granola
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
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
Ratings
AnyscaleGranola
4.2
4.8
Overall
3.8
4.5
Work-Life Balance
4.2
5.0
Culture & Values
4.1
4.5
Comp & Benefits
4.0
5.0
Senior Mgmt
4.0
4.7
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
Culture Values
Anyscale only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Granola only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact🧩 Wears Many Hats
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
Granola
- Users absolutely love the product — everyone at Granola genuinely cares about quality
- Plenty of opportunities to work on things that make a real difference on a small team
- 5 days in office by default (with flexibility for life circumstances)
- Small team, so things can be busy — you'll wear many hats
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.
Granola
Choose Granola if you want to work on one of the most loved AI products with a small, London-based, in-office team obsessed with craft — but note the 5-days-in-office policy is explicit and non-negotiable.
Open Roles
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Granola scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Anyscale also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy. Granola also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Anyscale has 0 open roles and Granola has 16 open roles.