What are co-workers like at Hebbia AI?

Fast paced, great product, super intelligent employees, catered lunch

Culture, career projection, work life balance, management

- Smart and humble colleagues - Lunch every day in the office - Uber rides home after 8pm

- Many execs and ICs leave or are pushed out after 6-8 months of tenure, average tenure is 0.8 years (Source: LinkedIn). Take that for what you will. - No onboarding when I joined, things have improved since then - Sink or swim culture, don't see much collaboration happening - High-pressure environment as big players like Anthropic and OpenAI unveil their own product offerings in research and agentic-AI - 5 days a week in the office, no flexibility on this - Pay is mid compared to other players

Hard-working, smart employees who support each other. Awesome sales-engineering integration in both workflows and social settings. Everyone eats together and enjoys each other's company. Beautiful office setting. Thriving in-office culture with palpable energy.

Long work nights two days per week. If that's not your thing, don't apply.

I love this company. I love what we worked on, and I am proud of the work that we contributed here. In almost a decade I haven't found a group of people this talented, high slope, and kind. The most social and special group of engineers I have met, and the GTM team and engagement teams are the smartest business folk I have ever met. CEO has grown into a great leader but the best thing he has done has been build the team of the caliber it is today.

They're scaling--which is exciting if that's what you're looking to do--left to go start my own company with what I learned.

- smart, hard working colleagues working in exciting problem space

- More competition from vertical players

Smart people, interesting problem, growing rapidly

Competitive landscape, high pressure environment

Surrounded by super smart people. Work hard culture, while staying kind and supportive. Super interesting if you like ambiguity, change and a fast pace. Amazing traction with clients for such an early stage business.

It's so busy it's sometimes hard to keep track of what the most important priority is. But I guess that is part of Series A life!

- work is exciting and demanding - most intelligent group of people I've ever worked with - can take ownership of your work / individual efforts are noticed

- high sense of urgency which can be exciting but may not be for everyone

Hebbia is a remarkable place to learn the ins and outs of a growth-stage startup. The entire team is sharp, and in Engagement, they're typically the best at what they did pre-Hebbia (e.g., investment banking, consulting, law, private equity). Interestingly, most of us are coming to the startup world for the first time, so we're quickly able to ramp up on the inner workings of a startup—product, marketing, sales, strategy—by working with experts in other fields. We're able to do it together, learning from each other as we go. Hebbia is also a leader in the AI scene, particularly in New York, so folks making the pivot into startups from financial services or consulting are particularly primed for a jump start on a new path. We work hard and are gritty, which makes it a fun but demanding place to work. Hebbia has been at the cutting edge of the application layer—one of the first to deploy Enterprise RAG, and then the first to deploy a Matrix product running a new retrieval algorithm (ISD). In a world of AI where there truly are no technological moats, speed is critical, and Hebbia continues to deliver on speed at the application layer. Above all are the people—Hebbia truly has the kindest, most compassionate, and sharp group of people. If you interview, make sure to soak in the busy lunch bustle or stay a little extra for dinner with the team. There are always folks chatting cross-functionally, getting to know each other, and supporting each other's goals in and outside of work.

The cons are pretty classic for a growth-stage startup. They are bringing in a new suite of more experienced executives, which has led to a hefty amount of change (I would argue, positive change)—most akin to growing up into a true growth-stage venture. Things can also feel chaotic and demanding—there will always be too much to do, but picking what's most important and where to have your impact is a large part of the fun. Compensation is more akin to a growth-stage startup than a late-stage one. Benchmarked against OpenAI, Anthropic comp will be lower, but upside is obviously higher.

I love this company. I love what we worked on, and I am proud of the work that we contributed here. In almost a decade I haven't found a group of people this talented, high slope, and kind. The most social and special group of engineers I have met, and the GTM team and engagement teams are the smartest business folk I have ever met. CEO has grown into a great leader but the best thing he has done has been build the team of the caliber it is today.

They're scaling--which is exciting if that's what you're looking to do--left to go start my own company with what I learned.