Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
CoreWeave
Large (~1,800)
Best For
Cerebras Systems
Best for: Hardware and systems engineers who want to build the world's fastest AI chip at a newly public company
CoreWeave
Best for: Infrastructure engineers who want GPU cloud exposure with strong equity upside
Ratings
Cerebras SystemsCoreWeave
4.0
3.6
Overall
3.8
3.2
Work-Life Balance
4.1
3.1
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.4
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 62% Recommend
👤 65% CEO Approval (Michael Intrator)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
CoreWeave only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Cerebras Systems
- Collaborative culture with strong mentorship
- Autonomy in small self-managed teams
- Top-down decisions with aggressive timelines
- Recent layoffs and workload concerns
CoreWeave
- GPU cloud infrastructure leader backed by NVIDIA ($2B investment)
- Strong compensation and equity — especially valuable post-IPO
- Work-life balance can be challenging — some teams expect off-hours availability
- Culture and values rated 3.1/5 — processes still maturing
Bottom Line
Cerebras Systems
Choose Cerebras if you want to work on wafer-scale AI chips with collaborative mentorship and autonomy — but expect aggressive timelines driven from the top and recent organizational instability post-IPO.
CoreWeave
Choose CoreWeave if you want NVIDIA-backed GPU cloud with equity upside — but culture and processes are still maturing.
Open Roles
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
CoreWeave — 251 jobs
💻 Engineering
108
💼 Sales / GTM
25
📋 Product
19
💰 Finance
12
⚙️ Operations
12
📣 Marketing
10
⚖️ Legal
7
📊 Data
6
👤 HR / People
5
🎨 Design
3
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. CoreWeave scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.2 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven. Cerebras Systems also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. CoreWeave also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and CoreWeave has 251 open roles.