Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Harvey
Medium (~350)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Harvey
Best for: Engineers who want to transform legal work with AI at a well-funded unicorn with exceptional comp
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)Harvey
4.0
3.9
Overall
3.5
3.4
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.0
Culture & Values
4.2
3.9
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.7
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.7
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 82% CEO Approval (Winston Weinberg)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Harvey only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌱 Learning & Growth
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
Harvey
- Exceptional comp and equity packages
- Smart, driven colleagues who support each other
- Intense pace with long hours
- Growing pains and internal politics
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.
Harvey
Choose Harvey if you want exceptional equity, smart colleagues, and the chance to reshape the legal industry with AI — but expect relentless pace, long hours, and growing-company politics.
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
Harvey — 230 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
47
⚙️ Operations
21
📋 Product
18
⚖️ Legal
17
📣 Marketing
13
🎨 Design
10
👤 HR / People
9
📊 Data
2
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. Harvey scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.1-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. Harvey also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles and Harvey has 230 open roles.