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Lightning AI

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Lightning AI reviews

4.0

67% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)
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William Falcon

67% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Career opportunities

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Senior management

Lightning AI has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lightning AI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

47 reviews
1.0
Jul 10, 2026

Wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole

Senior software engineer
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- literally none; terrible work environment, egos are insanely high, CEO is truly clueless

Cons

- made up titles like "head of product" for folks that don't have tech backgrounds - egos are so high that any opinion/thoughts contrary to mgmt are immedaitely dismissed

4.0
Jul 7, 2026

Great engineering talent, but navigating typical scaling transitions

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The opportunity to work on complex, high-scale technical challenges alongside a talented engineering team is the biggest draw here. There is a lot of autonomy in how we solve technical problems. Recently, there has also been a positive shift in strategy to focus on specific core areas rather than trying to build and support everything at once.

Cons

Historically the drive to expand the product into multiple different areas has stretched teams very thin. This frequently led to shifting priorities and often compromised the time needed to build truly high-quality, polished solutions. As mentioned in the pros, the strategy here has changed recently and is working well so far. Work-life balance is not the best, the environment can quickly lead to burnout, and achieving a healthy balance relies on the individual consciously setting personal boundaries, rather than being organically supported by the company culture.

2.0
Jun 15, 2026

The turnover rate speaks for itself

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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