Cursor (Anysphere)
Small (~50)
Wayve
Mid (~850)
Best For
Cursor (Anysphere)
Best for: Generalist engineers who want extreme ownership at the most-loved AI code editor
Wayve
Best for: ML and robotics engineers excited by embodied AI who want to work at the frontier of autonomous driving with a high-caliber research team in London
Ratings
Cursor (Anysphere)Wayve
4.0
4.4
Overall
3.5
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.5
Culture & Values
4.2
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.5
4.2
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Michael Truell)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (Amar Shah)
Culture Values
Cursor (Anysphere) only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Wayve only
🌱 Learning & Growth🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
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
Wayve
- Great culture — smart, friendly people with a supportive and inclusive familial bond
- Immense creative freedom and autonomy; founders are humble and open to being challenged
- Career progression framework is unclear — salaries and promotions feel arbitrary
- Very ambitious demands create vulnerability to burnout; processes built on the fly
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.
Wayve
One of Europe's top deep-tech companies with excellent Glassdoor ratings (4.4) and a cutting-edge AV research environment — but expect an intense pace and most roles are London-based.
Open Roles
Cursor (Anysphere) — 77 jobs
💻 Engineering
28
💼 Sales / GTM
22
📊 Data
3
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
📣 Marketing
1
Wayve — 83 jobs
💻 Engineering
47
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
6
📋 Product
5
📊 Data
3
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
Summary
Cursor (Anysphere) scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. Wayve scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.4-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. Wayve also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Cursor (Anysphere) has 77 open roles and Wayve has 83 open roles.