Why Vercel matters
Vercel raised a $300 million Series F at a $9.3 billion valuation in September 2025, co-led by Accel and GIC, about 3x its May 2024 valuation. At that time it said the AI SDK had grown from about 446,000 to more than 3 million weekly downloads in a year and that 3.5 million people had used v0. Vercel is a common deployment target for apps built with agents from Cursor, Lovable, and others.
The numberRaised $300 million at a $9.3 billion valuation in September 2025; AI SDK passed 3 million weekly downloads
On The Agentic 80
Listed under Coding agents. Agents that write, test, and ship software.
On The All Things AI 100
Listed under Coding and app building. Tools that write software, for developers and for people who never learned to code.
Quick answers
- What does Vercel do?
- Cloud platform for web apps; maintains Next.js, the AI SDK, and v0, a prompt-to-app builder. Vercel raised a $300 million Series F at a $9.3 billion valuation in September 2025, co-led by Accel and GIC, about 3x its May 2024 valuation.
- What AI capabilities does Vercel offer?
- Vercel offers v0, a prompt-based builder that generates user interface code and application drafts for teams shipping web products. Its AI SDK is a TypeScript library for adding model chat, streaming responses, tool calls, and structured output to applications. The company also provides hosting and deployment for those apps, including serverless functions that run AI features in production.
- Why is Vercel on The Agentic 80?
- Vercel is listed under Coding agents. Agents that write, test, and ship software. Raised $300 million at a $9.3 billion valuation in September 2025; AI SDK passed 3 million weekly downloads.
- Why is Vercel on The All Things AI 100?
- Vercel is listed under Coding and app building. Tools that write software, for developers and for people who never learned to code. Raised $300 million at a $9.3 billion valuation in September 2025; AI SDK passed 3 million weekly downloads.
- Where is Vercel based, and who owns it?
- Vercel is based in San Francisco, CA, was founded in 2015 and is private, Series F.