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Vercel

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2015late stageWebsite @vercel
Composite score
25.3
rank #30 · risers

#30 Riser. 1.0k people and hiring.

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Headcount
1.0k
+0.6%
90d change
+2.4%
Funding events (90d)
0
2 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$729k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
31.1%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
1.9 yrs
—
Time since last raise
1y 1mo
last round

Hiring flow · Vercel

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
342
+38%
Sales
65
+3%
Human Resources
56
+51%
Support
42
-33%
Marketing
37
+23%
Product
33
+21%
Operations
29
0%
Finance
28
+75%
Other
84
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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunchHeadline9d ago
    Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model ever

    Article focuses on Vercel's AI gateway data showing Jev adoption metrics and Vercel's early use of the model.

  2. TechCrunch1mo ago
    A new kind of AI model from a ChatGPT inventor is thrilling developers

    Vercel engineer quoted as a use-case example showing Jev outperforming OpenAI's model; mentioned substantively but not the article focus.

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Events

Funding · series f · $300M
1y ago
Funding · series e · $250M
2y ago

Score history

2026-10-19
25.3
rank #30
2026-10-12
26.1
rank #30
2026-10-05
32.4
rank #26
2026-09-28
35.7
rank #26
2026-09-21
34.3
rank #30
2026-09-14
38.3
rank #34
2026-09-07
42.8
rank #32
2026-08-31
43.0
rank #32
2026-08-24
45.8
rank #29
2026-08-17
51.3
rank #27
2026-08-10
44.1
rank #22
2026-08-03
37.6
rank #21