Vercel
Vercel is a software development platform that helps companies build and deploy applications, used by major clients like OpenAI and Meta. The company has raised $863M and employs over 1,000 people.
The growth story
Vercel grew from 104 to 1,022 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $863M along the way, most recently a Series F in September 2025.
About
Vercel provides tools for developers to build, ship, and scale software applications, with a focus on collaboration between humans and AI. Its platform is used by large enterprises and tech companies to streamline development processes.
The company has raised $863M in funding, including a Series F round in 2025, and employs over 1,000 people. Its rapid growth and significant funding highlight its position as a key player in the software development space.
Founders and leadership
Vercel is led by a team with a strong focus on engineering, which is its largest function with 140 employees. The company has a broad span of control, managing over 1,000 employees across various functions.
The Vercel org chart
Guillermo Rauch (CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 9 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 421 (+62% YoY), Sales 111 (+4% YoY), Human Resources 65 (+67% YoY), Information Technology 64 (+14% YoY), Marketing 40 (+74% YoY), Operations 37 (-3% YoY).
Talent flow
Vercel attracts talent from top tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Stripe. Alumni often move to prominent companies such as Cursor, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
Most common previous employers of Vercel staff: Google (35), Microsoft (22), Stripe (21), Adobe (16), Twilio (15), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (15). Former Vercel employees most often moved to Cursor (26), Anthropic (11), Cloudflare (11), OpenAI (10), Google (6), LiveKit (6).
Alumni worth knowing
The Vercel mafia
Vercel alumni have founded 30 companies, including Nominal, Draftea, and CodeCrafters.io, showcasing the entrepreneurial spirit of its former employees.
30Jason Hoch, was Software Engineer / Engineering Lead until 2022Simon Wijckmans, was Senior Product Manager - Security until 2023Sarup Banskota, was Head of Growth & Marketing until 2020Steven Tey, was Senior Developer Advocate until 2023Rex Gelb, was Advisor until 2024
Luke Miller, was VP Sales EMEA / APAC until 2024
Jordan Nelson, was Sr. Salesforce Admin until 2022
Adelina M., was Director of Engineering until 2024
Dennis Field, was Head of Employee Experience and Talent Brand until 2022
Evan Eissler, was Solutions Architect until 2026
Chris Wake, was Head of Operations until 2019
Marco Cornacchia, was Product Designer until 2025
Ethan Shea, was Staff Software Engineer until 2026
Alasdair M., was VP of Design until 2023
Christian Pickett, was Software Engineer until 2025
Thomas Park, was Sales Engineer until 2026
Shelby Garrison, was VP, People & Culture until 2022
Vraj Shroff, was Staff Technical Program Manager until 2024
Tania Asimionesei, was Customer Advisory Board Member until 2024
Daniel Tolenaar, was Vercel Ship 2025 until 2025
Rafael Corrales, was Founding Investor, Board Member until 2017
Dominik Weber, was Engineering Manager until 2023
Dan S., was Talent Acquisition Manager (GTM, G&A) until 2023
Matthew Lenhard, was Software Engineer until 2026
DongYun Kang, was Senior Software Engineer until 2025
Ahmed Saleh, was Public Relations Manager (Founding PR Hire) until 2023
Kyle Kauma, was Strategic Finance Senior Associate until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 72% direct, 13% search, 4% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Vercel: JavaScript (333), Leadership (283), Python (Programming Language) (253), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (238), Microsoft Office (231), React.js (220), SQL (220), Project Management (204).
Where the team actually sits
Vercel people are concentrated in California, United States (121), San Francisco Bay Area (70), New York, United States (41), United States (36).
Search footprint
Vercel attracts about 331 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 262 ranking keywords and lost 127 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.70 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Vercel has 1,022 employees as of September 2026.
Vercel has raised $863M in total, most recently a Series F round in September 2025.
Guillermo Rauch (CEO) sits at the top of Vercel's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Vercel staff are Google (35 people), Microsoft (22 people), Stripe (21 people).
Former Vercel employees most often move to Cursor (26), Anthropic (11), Cloudflare (11).
At least 30 companies have a founder who previously worked at Vercel, including Nominal, Draftea, cside.
Vercel attracts about 331 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Vercel staff are JavaScript, Leadership, Python (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Microsoft Office.
Vercel staff are concentrated in California, United States (121), San Francisco Bay Area (70), New York, United States (41).
Vercel has about 421 people in Engineering, up 62% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Vercel has about 111 people in Sales, up 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 572 current and 473 former Vercel profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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