Hebbia
Small (~140)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
Best For
Hebbia
Best for: Engineers who want a famously kind, high-EQ team building cutting-edge AI for finance and legal professionals
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
HebbiaLambda
4.4
3.6
Overall
3.2
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.5
3.7
Culture & Values
4.4
3.6
Comp & Benefits
4.2
3.4
Senior Mgmt
4.2
3.4
Career Opps
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (George Sivulka)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Hebbia only
🌱 Learning & Growth🧩 Wears Many Hats
Lambda only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Hebbia
- Incredible culture and smart, kind team
- Cutting-edge AI work in finance
- Very long hours expected
- Fully in-office, no flexibility
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
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.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Hebbia — 32 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
10
💻 Engineering
8
📊 Data
2
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Hebbia scores 4.4/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.2 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Hebbia also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Wears Many Hats. Lambda also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Hebbia has 32 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.