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Vellum

Vellum is an enterprise AI development platform for building, testing, and deploying production-ready LLM applications.

vellum.ai · New York

CALL NO.CS·VELLUM·26
StageSeries AJuly 2025 · led by Leaders Fund[2][3][4][5][6]
Raised$26Mdisclosed rounds[7]
Headcount20as of Jun 2026[7]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2023[1][7]
Money

Raised $26M across disclosed rounds.[7]

Series A closed July 2025, led by Leaders Fund.[2][3][4][5][6]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Y Combinator, Leaders Fund, Rebel Fund, Eastlink Capital, Pioneer Fund, Socii Capital.[1][2][4][5][6]

People

Akash Sharma, CEO and Co-founder[1][9][10][11][17]

Sidd Seethepalli, CTO and Co-founder[1][9][10][11][17]

Noa Flaherty, CTO and Co-founder[1][9][10][11][17]

Aaron Levin, Founding AI Engineer[7][12][17]

Anita Kirkovska, Head of Growth[7][12][17]

Matt Mirick, Customer Success Lead[7][12][17]

Signals
Jan 14 2026launchVellum launches new personal AI assistant product[8][11]
Jul 10 2025fundingVellum raises $20M Series A to bring rigor, speed and reliability to enterprise AI development[6][2][3][4][5]
Jul 11 2023fundingPrompt engineering startup Vellum.ai raises $5M as demand for generative AI services scales[1]
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LangChain · langchain.com · Same buyer and job to be done: engineering teams building and deploying LLM applications need orchestration, evaluation, and monitoring, and LangChain is the most widely adopted alternative for that workflow.[6]

PromptLayer · promptlayer.com · Named as a direct competitor in the enrichment data for Vellum, targeting the same LLM development and evaluation workflow.[7]

Patronus AI · patronus.ai · Named as a direct competitor in the enrichment data for Vellum, competing for the same evaluation and reliability budget in enterprise AI teams.[7]

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Vellum

CALL NO.CS·VELLUM·26

Vellum is an enterprise AI development platform for building, testing, and deploying production-ready LLM applications.

vellum.ai · New York

StageSeries A
Raised$26M
Headcount20
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2023
CompsLangChain +2