Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Together AI
Small (~150)
Best For
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Together AI
Best for: Open-source AI infrastructure builders who want research-level impact at a startup
Ratings
LabelboxTogether AI
3.8
4.1
Overall
3.6
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.3
Culture & Values
3.6
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.8
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
👍 82% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Vipul Ved Prakash)
Culture Values
Labelbox only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Together AI only
🔓 Open Source🌱 Learning & Growth🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
Together AI
- Open-source AI infrastructure — real mission alignment, not just marketing
- Small team with outsized research output; your work has direct impact
- Early-stage means wearing many hats constantly — not for specialists
- Limited career ladder; growth paths are still being defined
Bottom Line
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
Together AI
Choose Together AI if you want real open-source mission with outsized research output — but expect to wear many hats.
Open Roles
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Together AI — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
19
🧠 ML / AI
9
📊 Data
4
📋 Product
3
🎧 Support
3
📣 Marketing
2
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.6 work-life balance rating. Together AI scores 4.1/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven. Labelbox also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Diverse & Inclusive. Together AI also emphasizes Open Source, Learning & Growth, Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Labelbox has 9 open roles and Together AI has 49 open roles.