Pinecone
Small (~130)
Together AI
Small (~150)
Best For
Pinecone
Best for: Infrastructure engineers who want to build the vector database powering the AI revolution
Together AI
Best for: Open-source AI infrastructure builders who want research-level impact at a startup
Ratings
PineconeTogether AI
4.2
4.1
Overall
4.3
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.5
4.3
Culture & Values
3.8
4.0
Comp & Benefits
4.0
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.8
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Edo Liberty)
👍 82% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Vipul Ved Prakash)
Culture Values
Pinecone only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🎯 Direct Product Impact
Together AI only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🌱 Learning & Growth⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Pinecone
- Exceptional colleagues — warm, welcoming, and technically among the best in the industry
- Fully remote with strong company culture, autonomy, and genuine growth opportunities
- Significant layoffs in 2024 (30% of staff) eroded trust and reduced headcount
- Below-market base salary even with equity compensation
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
Pinecone
Choose Pinecone if you want fully remote work on critical AI infrastructure — but recent layoffs have created uncertainty.
Together AI
Choose Together AI if you want real open-source mission with outsized research output — but expect to wear many hats.
Open Roles
Pinecone — 8 jobs
💻 Engineering
5
📋 Product
2
💼 Sales / GTM
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
Pinecone scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.3 work-life balance rating. Together AI scores 4.1/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Learning & Growth, Engineering-Driven. Pinecone also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Flexible Hours, Direct Product Impact. Together AI also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Pinecone has 8 open roles and Together AI has 49 open roles.