Brex
Large (~1,600)
Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Ratings
BrexCursor (Anysphere)
4.0
4.0
Overall
3.9
3.5
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.0
Culture & Values
4.0
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.5
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
Culture Values
Brex only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
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
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
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
Brex — 235 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
72
💻 Engineering
49
📋 Product
18
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
👤 HR / People
13
📊 Data
10
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
3
⚙️ Operations
3
🎧 Support
2
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
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.5 WLB. They’re tied on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact. Brex also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Transparent. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles.