Cohere
Small (~500)
Decagon
Small (~210)
Best For
Cohere
Best for: Enterprise AI builders willing to trade stability for cutting-edge NLP research
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Ratings
CohereDecagon
2.9
3.9
Overall
2.5
3.7
Work-Life Balance
3.0
3.8
Culture & Values
3.2
3.2
Comp & Benefits
2.3
3.7
Senior Mgmt
2.5
3.7
Career Opps
👍 48% Recommend
👤 55% CEO Approval (Aidan Gomez)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
Culture Values
Cohere only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Decagon only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Cohere
- Cutting-edge NLP research from Transformer co-author
- Enterprise AI focus gives real customer impact
- Frequent organizational restructuring has led to notable team turnover
- Internal communication from leadership could be more transparent
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
Bottom Line
Cohere
Choose Cohere if you want Transformer co-author pedigree and enterprise AI focus — but expect turbulence and lower ratings.
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Open Roles
Cohere — 116 jobs
💻 Engineering
36
💼 Sales / GTM
12
🧠 ML / AI
9
📋 Product
8
📣 Marketing
7
💰 Finance
4
👤 HR / People
4
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
2
⚖️ Legal
1
🎧 Support
1
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
Summary
Cohere scores 2.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 2.5 work-life balance rating. Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 1.0-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven. Cohere also emphasizes Learning & Growth. Decagon also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, Cohere has 116 open roles and Decagon has 95 open roles.