Decagon
Small (~210)
Together AI
Small (~150)
Best For
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Together AI
Best for: Open-source AI infrastructure builders who want research-level impact at a startup
Ratings
DecagonTogether AI
3.9
4.1
Overall
3.7
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.3
Culture & Values
3.2
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.7
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.8
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
👍 82% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Vipul Ved Prakash)
Culture Values
Decagon only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Together AI only
🔓 Open Source🌱 Learning & Growth🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
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
Together AI
- Open-source AI infrastructure — real mission alignment, not just marketing
- Small team with outsized research output; your work has direct impact
- Early-stage means wearing many hats constantly — not for specialists
- Limited career ladder; growth paths are still being defined
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.
Together AI
Choose Together AI if you want real open-source mission with outsized research output — but expect to wear many hats.
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
Together AI — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
19
🧠 ML / AI
9
📊 Data
4
📋 Product
3
🎧 Support
3
📣 Marketing
2
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Together AI scores 4.1/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven. Decagon also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Together AI also emphasizes Open Source, Learning & Growth, Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and Together AI has 49 open roles.