Brex
Large (~1,600)
Hebbia
Small (~140)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Hebbia
Best for: Engineers who want a famously kind, high-EQ team building cutting-edge AI for finance and legal professionals
Ratings
BrexHebbia
4.0
4.4
Overall
3.9
3.2
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.5
Culture & Values
4.0
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.2
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (George Sivulka)
Culture Values
Brex only
🪟 Transparent
Hebbia only
🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
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
Hebbia
- Incredible culture and smart, kind team
- Cutting-edge AI work in finance
- Very long hours expected
- Fully in-office, no flexibility
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.
Hebbia
Choose Hebbia if you want one of the most collegial cultures in AI (4.4 Glassdoor, 88% recommend) and direct impact in fintech — but expect very long hours and fully in-office, no remote flexibility.
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
Hebbia — 32 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
10
💻 Engineering
8
📊 Data
2
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Hebbia scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.2 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Brex also emphasizes Transparent. Hebbia also emphasizes Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Hebbia has 32 open roles.