Hebbia
Small (~140)
Perplexity AI
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
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Ratings
HebbiaPerplexity AI
4.4
4.7
Overall
3.2
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.5
4.8
Culture & Values
4.4
4.5
Comp & Benefits
4.2
4.5
Senior Mgmt
4.2
4.2
Career Opps
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (George Sivulka)
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
Culture Values
Hebbia only
🧩 Wears Many Hats
Perplexity AI only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 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
Perplexity AI
- Fastest-growing AI product — real users, real revenue, genuine product-market fit
- Small team, massive impact per engineer — your work ships to millions quickly
- Startup intensity — expect long hours and high expectations
- Growing pains as the team scales — roles and responsibilities shift frequently
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.
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
Open Roles
Hebbia — 32 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
10
💻 Engineering
8
📊 Data
2
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
Perplexity AI — 74 jobs
💻 Engineering
37
🧠 ML / AI
8
📊 Data
5
⚖️ Legal
4
📣 Marketing
3
⚙️ Operations
3
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🎧 Support
2
👤 HR / People
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Hebbia scores 4.4/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.2 work-life balance rating. Perplexity AI scores 4.7/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. Hebbia also emphasizes Wears Many Hats. Perplexity AI also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Hebbia has 32 open roles and Perplexity AI has 74 open roles.