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Vercel

Vercel sells a cloud platform where developers and enterprises build, deploy, and scale web applications and AI agents.

vercel.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·VERCEL·26
StageSeries FSeptember 2025 · led by Accel[1][2][3][9][14]
Raised$863Mdisclosed rounds[8]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2015[8][9]
Money

Raised $863M across disclosed rounds.[8]

Series F closed September 2025, led by Accel.[1][2][3][9][14]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Accel, GIC, BlackRock, StepStone, Khosla Ventures, Schroders, Adams Street Partners, General Catalyst, GV, Notable Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global, CRV, Bedrock, Geodesic Capital, 8VC, SV Angel.[1][3][4][14]

People

Guillermo Rauch, Founder and CEO[8][9][16][28]

Malte Ubl, Chief Technology Officer[9][16][28]

Talha Tariq, Chief Technology Officer (Security)[9][16][28]

Headcount: sources disagree
1026as of Oct 2026

Vercel · Oct 2026[8]

Signals
Oct 6 2026launchMistral Large 4 added to Vercel AI Gateway company claim, not independently confirmed[12][13]
Sep 10 2026launchAlgolia launches native integration on the Vercel Marketplace with unified billing[6]
Jul 8 2026newsGlobant and Vercel announce multi-year alliance to deploy AI-built enterprise applications to Vercel[5]
Jul 1 2026newsVercel and Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team announce multi-year strategic partnership[7]
Jun 17 2026launchVercel Connect enters public beta, replacing stored provider tokens with runtime credential exchange for agents company claim, not independently confirmed[11]
Sep 30 2025fundingVercel closes $300M Series F at $9.3B valuation, co-led by Accel and GIC[1][2][3][9][14]
Comps

Netlify · netlify.com · Same buyer and same job to be done: developers choosing a managed frontend deployment and hosting platform for web applications, the category Vercel competes in as a Frontend Cloud.[15]

Cloudflare · cloudflare.com · Same buyer and same budget line: platform and infrastructure teams evaluating edge compute and application hosting, which is the layer Vercel's edge network and functions occupy.[10]

Amazon Web Services · aws.amazon.com · Substitute behavior: enterprises can assemble equivalent deployment, compute, and model-access infrastructure directly on a hyperscaler instead of buying Vercel's integrated platform.[9]

OpenRouter · openrouter.ai · Same job to be done for the AI Gateway line: giving developers one key and one interface across many models, which is the workflow Vercel AI Gateway performs.[12][13]

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Vercel

CALL NO.CS·VERCEL·26

Vercel sells a cloud platform where developers and enterprises build, deploy, and scale web applications and AI agents.

vercel.com · San Francisco

StageSeries F
Raised$863M
Headcount1026
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2015
CompsNetlify +3

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