Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Granola
Small (~50)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)Granola
4.0
4.8
Overall
3.5
4.5
Work-Life Balance
4.0
5.0
Culture & Values
4.2
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.8
5.0
Senior Mgmt
3.5
4.7
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Granola only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🧩 Wears Many Hats
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
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
Cursor (Anysphere)
Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
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
Cursor (Anysphere) — 77 jobs
💻 Engineering
33
💼 Sales / GTM
19
📊 Data
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
🎨 Design
2
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
📣 Marketing
1
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 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: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Wears Many Hats. Cursor (Anysphere) also emphasizes Flat Hierarchy. Granola also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles and Granola has 16 open roles.