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Vercel

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2015late stageWebsite @vercel
Composite score
44.4
rank #35 · risers

#35 Riser. 777 people.

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Head-to-headvs Datadogvs Oktavs Twilio
Headcount
777
0.0%
90d change
-1.4%
Funding events (90d)
0
2 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$965k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
31.1%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
1.9 yrs
Time since last raise
10 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Vercel

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
319
+37%
Sales
70
+9%
Support
45
-23%
Human Resources
45
+22%
Marketing
38
+23%
Operations
30
+15%
Product
29
+20%
Finance
27
+108%
Other
78

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch12d ago
    The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier

    Vercel data cited as evidence that open-weight models handle a growing share of AI infrastructure requests.

  2. TechCrunch19d ago
    Why the rise of open source AI isn’t hurting Anthropic … yet

    Referenced as data source (AI gateway dashboard) for token volume and spend metrics; not a focus.

  3. TechCrunchHeadline20d ago
    Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on the fight to split off models from agents

    Article is an interview with Vercel CEO discussing company's AI infrastructure, agents, and deployment platform.

Events

Funding · series f · $300M
10mo ago
Funding · series e · $250M
2y ago

Score history

2026-07-20
44.4
rank #35
2026-07-13
40.1
rank #36
2026-07-06
38.2
rank #39
2026-06-29
34.2
rank #40
2026-06-22
31.6
rank #38
2026-06-15
35.8
rank #43
2026-06-08
39.9
rank #39
2026-06-01
39.9
rank #39
2026-05-25
56.7
rank #41
2026-05-18
53.6
rank #40
2026-05-11
50.9
rank #40
2026-05-04
51.0
rank #40