# Ben Tossell asks which AI companies have healthy cultures

> Original title: which companies have a healthy culture today in AI?

- Source: Ben Tossell
- Published: 2026-10-30T12:08:31.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/y6xyn0bbns3n1vnfcw1wa74lz
- Original: https://x.com/bentossell/status/2116140189181702452

## Summary

Ben Tossell asks which AI companies have healthy cultures, defined as hiring slowly, avoiding token maxxing, keeping work-life balance, and staying AI-pilled without being psychotic. He suggests Granola, turbopuffer, Pierre Computer, Linear, and SF Compute fit that description.

## Post

which companies have a healthy culture today in AI? 

- hiring slowly
- no tokenmaxxing 
- work/life balance
- ai-pilled but not psychotic 

i'd assume @meetgranola @turbopuffer @pierrecomputer @linear @sfcompute fit here