Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Together AI
Best for: Open-source AI infrastructure builders who want research-level impact at a startup
Ratings
BrexTogether AI
4.0
4.1
Overall
3.9
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.3
Culture & Values
4.0
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.8
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 82% Recommend👤 85% CEO Approval (Vipul Ved Prakash)
Culture Values
Brex only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact🪟 Transparent🌐 Remote-Friendly
Together AI only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 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
Together AI
✓Open-source AI infrastructure — real mission alignment, not just marketing
✓Small team with outsized research output; your work has direct impact
✗Early-stage means wearing many hats constantly — not for specialists
✗Limited career ladder; growth paths are still being defined
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.
Together AI
Choose Together AI if you want real open-source mission with outsized research output — but expect to wear many hats.