Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
Granola
Small (~50)
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
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
Ratings
Cerebras SystemsGranola
4.0
4.8
Overall
3.8
4.5
Work-Life Balance
4.1
5.0
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.8
5.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.7
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Granola only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact
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
Granola
- Users absolutely love the product — everyone at Granola genuinely cares about quality
- Plenty of opportunities to work on things that make a real difference on a small team
- 5 days in office by default (with flexibility for life circumstances)
- Small team, so things can be busy — you'll wear many hats
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.
Granola
Choose Granola if you want to work on one of the most loved AI products with a small, London-based, in-office team obsessed with craft — but note the 5-days-in-office policy is explicit and non-negotiable.
Open Roles
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Granola scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact. Cerebras Systems also emphasizes Learning & Growth. Granola also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and Granola has 16 open roles.