Cohere
Small (~500)
Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Best For
Cohere
Best for: Enterprise AI builders willing to trade stability for cutting-edge NLP research
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Ratings
CohereLabelbox
2.9
3.8
Overall
2.5
3.6
Work-Life Balance
3.0
3.8
Culture & Values
3.2
3.6
Comp & Benefits
2.3
3.5
Senior Mgmt
2.5
3.6
Career Opps
👍 48% Recommend
👤 55% CEO Approval (Aidan Gomez)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
Culture Values
Cohere only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Labelbox only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
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
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
Bottom Line
Cohere
Choose Cohere if you want Transformer co-author pedigree and enterprise AI focus — but expect turbulence and lower ratings.
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
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
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Summary
Cohere scores 2.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 2.5 work-life balance rating. Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.6 WLB. That’s a 0.9-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven. Cohere also emphasizes Learning & Growth. Labelbox also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Cohere has 116 open roles and Labelbox has 9 open roles.