Kodiak AI Reviews

It’s been difficult to lay out the cons because I genuinely did love working here. Starting Dec 2019/Jan 2020 finances became a concern and it was obvious this was an issue. However leadership was not honest with us. Fast forward to pandemic times, people started to worry heavily and still no straight forward answer. Also they spent a lot of money renting out an empty office next door which was BARELY put to use even in 2019. Leasing in Mountain View is expensive so I can’t imagine how much money went towards that building. There was hardly any diversity in general. Not just ethnicity or gender wise. While everyone was nice and talented, everyone seemed pretty similar to another. In detail, many of the engineers went to the same school, similar past experiences with big companies, and most of them were white and/or men.

Some of the recent reviews have mentioned funding, which is the elephant in the room. AV funding is tight, COVID hasn't helped to say the least and like all Series A companies we have a set runway. This is the game though, young startups have peaks and valleys to say the least. All we can do is put our head down and work our hardest and hope it pays off. If you are not good with that then any Series A startup should be off your list, half of us are in it for the equity upside IMO. But I get if the uncertainty can weigh heavy on certain people. There have been some diversity concerns and the team I work with is fairly diverse, women, people of different races and backgrounds. Is there more white males (I am one of them)...sure, but being involved in the hiring process I haven't seen anything that raises a red flag for me. I don't hire Eng so can't speak 100% there. Budget concerns had us pull back on providing meals so that is not ideal but we still get snacks so there is that. Again, first world probs should always be kept in context.