Decagon
Small (~210)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
Best For
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
DecagonLambda
3.9
3.6
Overall
3.7
3.7
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.7
Culture & Values
3.2
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.7
3.4
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.4
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Decagon only
No unique values
Lambda only
No unique values
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
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
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
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.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
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
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.