Granola
Small (~50)
Hugging Face
Small (~400)
Best For
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
Hugging Face
Best for: Open-source enthusiasts who value remote flexibility over top comp
Ratings
GranolaHugging Face
4.8
3.8
Overall
4.5
4.1
Work-Life Balance
5.0
4.2
Culture & Values
4.5
3.4
Comp & Benefits
5.0
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.7
3.5
Career Opps
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Clement Delangue)
Culture Values
Granola only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Hugging Face only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🪟 Transparent📡 Async-First
Shared
🧩 Wears Many Hats
Pros & Cons
Granola
- Users absolutely love the product — everyone at Granola genuinely cares about quality
- Plenty of opportunities to work on things that make a real difference on a small team
- 5 days in office by default (with flexibility for life circumstances)
- Small team, so things can be busy — you'll wear many hats
Hugging Face
- True open-source DNA — you work on things millions of developers actually use
- Remote-first and async culture that actually works across time zones
- Below-market comp compared to FAANG
- Career progression is unclear — no well-defined ladder
Bottom Line
Granola
Choose Granola if you want to work on one of the most loved AI products with a small, London-based, in-office team obsessed with craft — but note the 5-days-in-office policy is explicit and non-negotiable.
Hugging Face
Choose Hugging Face if you want to build tools millions of ML devs use with true remote freedom — but comp lags FAANG.
Open Roles
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Hugging Face — 9 jobs
🧠 ML / AI
6
💻 Engineering
2
Summary
Granola scores 4.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.5 work-life balance rating. Hugging Face scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 1.0-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Wears Many Hats. Granola also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Hugging Face also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Remote-Friendly, Flexible Hours, Transparent, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Granola has 16 open roles and Hugging Face has 9 open roles.