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Towards the AI Cloud: Our Series F

$9.3B. Vercel just raised $300M Series F—signaling massive enterprise bet on AI-native infrastructure.

Reporting by Vercel Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Vercel's $9.3B valuation and $300M Series F reveal investor confidence in AI application infrastructure as a category. The company is positioning itself as the cloud platform for AI-first development, with significant dry powder for expansion.

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  1. Series F valuation: $9.3 billion

  2. Funding round size: $300 million

  3. Co-led by Accel (returning investor) and GIC (new investor)

  4. Secondary tender offer: ~$300 million for early investors and employees

  5. Focus: AI Cloud infrastructure and development platform

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Publisher excerpt: Today, Vercel announced an important milestone: a Series F funding round valuing our company at $9.3 billion. The $300M investment is co-led by longtime partners at Accel and new investors at GIC, alongside other incredible supporters. We're also launching a ~$300M tender offer for certain early…
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