Perplexity AI
Mid (~500)
Samsara
Large (~5,200)
Best For
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Ratings
Perplexity AISamsara
4.7
4.0
Overall
3.3
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.8
4.1
Culture & Values
4.5
4.0
Comp & Benefits
4.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.2
3.8
Career Opps
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
Culture Values
Perplexity AI only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Samsara only
No unique values
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
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
Samsara
- Clear career trajectory with frequent promotions in sales
- Real-world product impact building IoT for physical operations
- Engineers rate WLB at only 2.9/5 despite company average of 3.9
- Remote work used to justify overwork including weekends
Bottom Line
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
Samsara
Strong sales culture and real-world product impact at massive scale, but engineers report significantly worse WLB than the company average suggests.
Open Roles
Perplexity AI — 78 jobs
💻 Engineering
43
🧠 ML / AI
6
📊 Data
5
💼 Sales / GTM
4
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📣 Marketing
2
🎧 Support
2
👤 HR / People
1
📋 Product
1
Samsara — 403 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
190
💻 Engineering
54
📋 Product
38
🧠 ML / AI
12
📣 Marketing
10
📊 Data
8
🎧 Support
7
⚙️ Operations
5
👤 HR / People
3
🎨 Design
2
⚖️ Legal
2
Summary
Perplexity AI scores 4.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.3 work-life balance rating. Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.7-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity, Learning & Growth. Perplexity AI also emphasizes Engineering-Driven.
On the hiring front, Perplexity AI has 78 open roles and Samsara has 403 open roles.