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Vercel

HQ San Francisco, USFounded 2015late stageWebsite @vercel
Composite score
51.6
rank #25 · risers

#25 Riser. Headcount up 9% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
1.0k
+2.1%
90d change
+9.3%
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
$731k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
31.1%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
1.9 yrs
Time since last raise
11 mo
recent raise

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

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch1mo 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. TechCrunch2mo 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. TechCrunchHeadline2mo 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.

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Events

Funding · series f · $300M
11mo ago
Funding · series e · $250M
2y ago

Score history

2026-08-24
51.6
rank #25
2026-08-17
51.3
rank #27
2026-08-10
44.1
rank #22
2026-08-03
37.6
rank #21
2026-07-27
35.4
rank #19
2026-07-20
37.4
rank #22
2026-07-13
34.8
rank #24
2026-07-06
26.2
rank #29
2026-06-29
40.3
rank #28
2026-06-22
40.3
rank #28
2026-06-15
17.9
rank #49
2026-06-08
41.1
rank #27