Hebbia
Small (~140)
Hugging Face
Small (~400)
Best For
Hebbia
Best for: Engineers who want a famously kind, high-EQ team building cutting-edge AI for finance and legal professionals
Hugging Face
Best for: Open-source enthusiasts who value remote flexibility over top comp
Ratings
HebbiaHugging Face
4.4
3.8
Overall
3.2
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.5
4.2
Culture & Values
4.4
3.4
Comp & Benefits
4.2
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.2
3.5
Career Opps
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (George Sivulka)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Clement Delangue)
Culture Values
Hebbia only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
Hugging Face only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🪟 Transparent📡 Async-First
Shared
🧩 Wears Many Hats
Pros & Cons
Hebbia
- Incredible culture and smart, kind team
- Cutting-edge AI work in finance
- Very long hours expected
- Fully in-office, no flexibility
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
Hebbia
Choose Hebbia if you want one of the most collegial cultures in AI (4.4 Glassdoor, 88% recommend) and direct impact in fintech — but expect very long hours and fully in-office, no remote flexibility.
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
Hebbia — 32 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
10
💻 Engineering
8
📊 Data
2
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
Hugging Face — 9 jobs
🧠 ML / AI
6
💻 Engineering
2
Summary
Hebbia scores 4.4/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.2 work-life balance rating. Hugging Face scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Wears Many Hats. Hebbia also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. Hugging Face also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Remote-Friendly, Flexible Hours, Transparent, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Hebbia has 32 open roles and Hugging Face has 9 open roles.