Vercel has secured $300 million in Series F funding at a $9.3 billion post-money valuation, with Accel and GIC co-leading the significantly oversubscribed round. The company will also complete a $300 million secondary tender offer for employees, former team members, and early investors next month.

New investors joining the round include funds managed by BlackRock, StepStone, Khosla Ventures, Schroders, Adams Street Partners, and General Catalyst. Existing backers GV, Notable Capital, Salesforce Ventures, and Tiger Global also participated. The investment comes as Vercel reports 82% year-over-year revenue growth and a doubling of its user base over the past twelve months.

The Rise of AI-Native Development

The funding arrives at a critical moment for enterprise AI adoption. Companies from startups to Fortune 500 corporations are racing to build intelligent applications, but many struggle with the complexity of AI infrastructure. Vercel’s platform has attracted major clients including Anthropic, OpenAI, Square, and WPP by offering AI-native infrastructure that lets developers focus on building rather than managing technical complexity.

“For a decade, Vercel has been the go-to platform for web development, and as AI transforms applications, we’ve evolved our infrastructure to match. The AI Cloud enables organizations to build at the speed of ideas, and this investment accelerates our ability to provide the secure, scalable foundation enterprises need as AI agents become integral to their workflows.”

Guillermo Rauch, CEO and founder of Vercel

Building Tomorrow’s AI Applications

The fresh capital will fuel expansion of Vercel’s AI Cloud platform and accelerate development of v0, its AI development agent that creates full-stack applications through natural language prompts. Since launch, v0 has attracted 3.5 million unique users. Teams and enterprise accounts now generate over half of v0’s revenue.

Recognizing that 70% of development ideation happens outside traditional work hours, Vercel recently launched v0 Mobile in public beta. The app lets developers build applications using voice prompts and camera input while away from their desks. More than 10,000 users have already joined the waitlist ahead of general availability in October. The mobile version syncs with existing v0 conversations and sends push notifications when builds complete.

From Open Source to Enterprise Scale

Founded by Guillermo Rauch, Vercel has built its reputation on developer-first tools and open-source contributions. The company created Next.js, one of the most popular React frameworks, which powers websites for AT&T, Hulu, Nike, Target, and Walmart. Today, the AI SDK alone sees 3 million weekly downloads.

The platform serves a diverse customer base spanning AI pioneers like Browserbase, Granola, and Luma to established enterprises including PayPal, Supreme, and Under Armour. This broad adoption reflects Vercel’s ability to meet both startup agility needs and enterprise security requirements.

As security concerns around AI-generated code emerged as a major trend in 2025, Vercel positioned itself as the platform of choice for risk-conscious organizations. The company’s infrastructure includes built-in protections for running untrusted code, managing AI workflows, and defending against new AI-driven security threats.

Strategic Growth and Leadership Expansion

“Vercel changed how developers work, and now v0 is extending that transformation to every corner of the enterprise. We’ve believed since day one that Vercel’s relentless focus on security, performance, and design excellence positions them to define the future of how work gets done.”

Dan Levine, partner at Accel

The company has strengthened its executive bench this year with several strategic hires. Jeanne Grosser, former Chief Business Officer at Stripe, joined as COO. Keith Messick, previously CMO at Redis, took the marketing helm. Aparna Sinha, who led enterprise AI/ML products at Capital One, joined as SVP of Product. Werner Schwock, former Chief Accounting Officer at HashiCorp, became CAO. Talha Tariq, former CTO of Security at IBM, will start as CTO of Security in October 2025.

Origianl Creator: Ekaterina Pisareva
Original Link: https://justainews.com/ai-compliance/ai-development/vercel-raises-300m-at-9-3b-valuation-for-ai-cloud/
Originally Posted: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:43:07 +0000