Vercel
Vercel sells a cloud platform where developers and enterprises build, deploy, and scale web applications and AI agents.
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]
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]
Vercel · Oct 2026[8]
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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Edition 2Oct 7 2026current
Since edition 1
- Headcount 729 to 1,026
- New person Talha Tariq, Chief Technology Officer (Security)
- No longer listed Marten Abrahamsen, Chief Financial Officer
- No longer listed Jon Vincent, Director of Engineering
- No longer listed Matt Straka, Head of Information Technology
- No longer listed Olivia Williams, Head of HR
- New signal Mistral Large 4 added to Vercel AI Gateway · Oct 2026
- New signal Algolia launches native integration on the Vercel Marketplace with unified billing · Sep 2026
- New signal Globant and Vercel announce multi-year alliance to deploy AI-built enterprise applications to Vercel · Jul 2026
- New signal Vercel and Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team announce multi-year strategic partnership · Jul 2026
- New signal Vercel Connect enters public beta, replacing stored provider tokens with runtime credential exchange for agents · Jun 2026
- Newly listed Vercel closes $300M Series F at $9.3B valuation, co-led by Accel and GIC · Sep 2025
- Sources 36 → 38 (23 new, 19 not used)
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Vercel
Vercel sells a cloud platform where developers and enterprises build, deploy, and scale web applications and AI agents.
Ask the company for a current headcount and the date it was counted.
Not a recommendation. The first thing this ledger cannot answer.