Rilla, an AI firm, offers employees an $18,000 housing stipend annually. This benefit helps offset high living costs in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood. The company also provides three meals daily and gym facilities for its staff. Employees generally work twelve-hour shifts for six days each week. This demanding schedule is part of Rilla's intense company culture.

Rilla CEO Sebastian Jimenez spends around $37,000 annually on each of his 120 workers—and soon, they’ll get to enjoy an office gym and cold plunge.

AI startup Rilla spends $1.7m a year on housing stipends so staff live near its NYC office and work 72-hour weeks. The CEO says it's about flow, not comfort.