Looking to work with brilliant people and be challenged? If so, this is a great place! - Anonymous employee Lightning AI Employee Review

5.0
Jul 13, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working on amazing technology! Great benefits Super smart peers

Cons

You need to be able to pivot and adjust - this is an early stage startup. Not everyone thrives in this type of environment. Many roles have a hybrid / partial onsite requirement so not for those who want to work remote 100% of the time

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Lightning AI Response
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Hey current team member! Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are happy to hear that you are enjoying not only the technology you’re working on, but the people you’re working with too. Like any early-stage startup, we have many moving parts, and we appreciate your willingness and ability to grow with us! We love finding people -- like you -- who can adapt. While we do mostly work remotely, we invite folks close by to come into our offices in NYC, Palo Alto, and London once or twice a week! We hope you continue sharing your feedback internally so that we can continue to make your experience a great one.

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5.0
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Pros

The team is smart, collaborative, and deeply invested in design and AI-first thinking. The platform, built for PyTorch workloads with multi-cloud support, is genuinely unique. Fast-paced, challenging, and rewarding if you love shaping the future of AI. - Clear mission and strong product focus - Talented, diverse, collaborative team - Cutting-edge AI platform with multi-cloud support (neoclouds and hyperscalers) - Emphasis on thoughtful design and developer experience - Exec team likes to promote from within so an excellent place to grow your career - Work hard, play hard; truly a fun place to work if you are passionate about the mission

Cons

- Fast-paced environment typical of a scaling startup - Some internal processes are still evolving

2.0
Jun 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you are a software engineer this is probably a great place to work. There is a lot of room for individual creativity, minimal oversight, and project ownership. Everyone else has a very different experience. One more pro: if you are able to stay for more than a year you will almost certainly be promoted, but mainly due to exceedingly high turnover, not growth.

Cons

The company leadership and interdepartmental relationships are appallingly toxic. Leadership has introduced the workplace philosophy of “radical candor” which so far just seems to be a method for us to publicly criticize each other. Company wide surveys are embarrassingly biased, and there is blatant favoritism. All of this combined leads to an environment that is increasingly contentious, demoralizing, and punitive.

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