Hebbia
Small (~140)
Writer
Mid (~400)
Best For
Hebbia
Best for: Engineers who want a famously kind, high-EQ team building cutting-edge AI for finance and legal professionals
Writer
Best for: Professionals interested in Writer
Ratings
HebbiaWriter
4.4
3.5
Overall
3.2
2.7
Work-Life Balance
4.5
3.6
Culture & Values
4.4
3.5
Comp & Benefits
4.2
3.3
Senior Mgmt
4.2
3.3
Career Opps
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (George Sivulka)
👍 70% Recommend
👤 74% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Hebbia only
🌱 Learning & Growth🧩 Wears Many Hats🎯 Direct Product Impact
Writer only
🔓 Open Source
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Hebbia
- Incredible culture and smart, kind team
- Cutting-edge AI work in finance
- Very long hours expected
- Fully in-office, no flexibility
Writer
- Real AI engineering with proprietary LLMs — not just wrapping OpenAI APIs
- Strong enterprise traction and visionary product direction
- Intense work culture with very high expectations and limited work-life balance
- Growing management layers creating organizational friction
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.
Writer
Writer — 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
Writer — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
16
💼 Sales / GTM
12
🎨 Design
1
⚙️ Operations
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Hebbia scores 4.4/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.2 work-life balance rating. Writer scores 3.5/5.0 overall with a 2.7 WLB. That’s a 0.9-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Hebbia also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Wears Many Hats, Direct Product Impact. Writer also emphasizes Open Source.
On the hiring front, Hebbia has 32 open roles and Writer has 49 open roles.