Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Glean
Large (~1,475)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Glean
Best for: AI engineers who want to work on enterprise search with ex-Google leadership and don't mind below-market base pay offset by strong equity upside
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)Glean
4.0
4.2
Overall
3.5
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.3
Culture & Values
4.2
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.5
4.0
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Glean only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Cursor (Anysphere)
- Building the most-loved AI code editor — massive developer love and daily impact
- Tiny team, extreme ownership — every person shapes the product directly
- Extremely small team = no specialists; everyone does everything
- Intense pace — the speed of shipping can be relentless
Glean
- World-class AI talent — learn from ex-Google leadership on cutting-edge enterprise search
- Transparent collaborative culture with strong career growth
- Below-market compensation — comp rated only 3.6/5
- Sales org has high churn and toxicity problems in EMEA and US
Bottom Line
Cursor (Anysphere)
Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
Glean
Top-tier AI engineering talent and explosive growth, but comp lags peers and the sales org has churn problems — the engineering side is the real draw.
Open Roles
Cursor (Anysphere) — 63 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
23
💻 Engineering
18
📊 Data
3
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
Glean — 196 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
42
📋 Product
16
📣 Marketing
10
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
6
🎨 Design
5
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
3
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. Glean scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats. Glean also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Transparent.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 63 open roles and Glean has 196 open roles.