Decagon
Small (~210)
Fireworks AI
Small (~100)
Best For
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Fireworks AI
Best for: Engineers who want to work with ex-Meta AI infrastructure engineers on LLM inference
Ratings
DecagonFireworks AI
3.9
4.2
Overall
3.7
3.3
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.3
Culture & Values
3.2
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.7
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.7
4.0
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
Culture Values
Decagon only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Fireworks AI only
🧩 Wears Many Hats🎧 Deep Work / Low Meetings🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
Fireworks AI
- World-class team of ex-Meta AI infrastructure engineers — technically very strong peers
- Working on LLM inference optimization which is one of the hottest areas in AI infrastructure
- Early-stage startup intensity with long hours expected and high performance bar
- Small team and rapidly evolving product means less structure, process, and career laddering
Bottom Line
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Fireworks AI
Choose Fireworks AI if you want to work with ex-Meta AI infrastructure engineers on cutting-edge LLM inference — but expect early-stage startup intensity and limited structure.
Open Roles
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
Fireworks AI — 30 jobs
💻 Engineering
9
💼 Sales / GTM
5
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
⚙️ Operations
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Fireworks AI scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Decagon also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Fireworks AI also emphasizes Wears Many Hats, Deep Work / Low Meetings, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and Fireworks AI has 30 open roles.