Brex
Large (~1,600)
Perplexity AI
Mid (~500)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Ratings
BrexPerplexity AI
4.0
4.7
Overall
3.9
3.3
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.8
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.5
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.2
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
Culture Values
Brex only
🪟 Transparent🌐 Remote-Friendly
Perplexity AI only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Remote-first with strong benefits — 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
Perplexity AI
- Fastest-growing AI product — real users, real revenue, genuine product-market fit
- Small team, massive impact per engineer — your work ships to millions quickly
- Startup intensity — expect long hours and high expectations
- Growing pains as the team scales — roles and responsibilities shift frequently
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.
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
Open Roles
Brex — 253 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
78
💻 Engineering
53
📋 Product
20
👤 HR / People
16
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
15
📊 Data
10
💰 Finance
10
⚖️ Legal
6
⚙️ Operations
5
Perplexity AI — 81 jobs
💻 Engineering
43
🧠 ML / AI
7
📊 Data
5
⚖️ Legal
5
💼 Sales / GTM
4
📣 Marketing
3
🎧 Support
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
📋 Product
1