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  "markdown": "Founder, Vercel Inc.. Founder, Vercel.\n\nGuillermo Rauch founded Vercel in 2015, when it was called ZEIT, and is its CEO. He created the realtime communication library Socket.IO and the Next.js web framework, which Vercel maintains. ZEIT was renamed Vercel in April 2020.\n\n- X: https://x.com/rauchg\n\n## What Guillermo builds\n\n- [Vercel AI Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md), graded B, 66.8/100, in Model APIs \u0026 inference. Vercel AI Gateway is a hosted router for model APIs. One API key or Vercel OIDC token reaches models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others through OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic-compatible and AI SDK interfaces, with budgets, request logs and provider failover. Founder, Vercel Inc., researched 2026-10-27.\n- [Vercel Connect](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-connect.md), graded B, 68.8/100, in Agent auth \u0026 delegated access. Vercel Connect is a credential broker for apps and agents. Code asks it for a short-lived, scoped token for Slack, GitHub, Microsoft, Linear, Snowflake or any OAuth, API-key or MCP service, as the app or for a user. Founder, Vercel Inc., researched 2026-10-27.\n- [Vercel Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-sandbox.md), graded BB, 73.5/100, in Code execution sandboxes. Firecracker microVM sandboxes on Vercel, driven from the `@vercel/sandbox` JavaScript SDK, the Python `vercel` package, a CLI or the REST API. Founder, Vercel, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Dima Voytenko](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dima-voytenko/), Vercel Connect launch technical co-author\n- [Hedi Zandi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hedi-zandi/), Product at Vercel; Connect launch co-author\n- [Jerilyn Zheng](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jerilyn-zheng/), Product Manager, AI Gateway\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)\n- [GIC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gic/)\n- [Bedrock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bedrock/)\n- [CRV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crv/)\n- [Notable Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/notable-capital/)\n- [GV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gv/)\n- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)\n- [8VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/)\n- [Geodesic Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/geodesic-capital/)\n- [Greenoaks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greenoaks/)\n- [Caffeinated Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/caffeinated-capital/)\n- [Resolute Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/resolute-capital-partners/)\n- [S28 Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/s28-capital/)\n- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)\n- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)\n- [TrueBridge Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/truebridge-capital-partners/)\n- [Nat Friedman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nat-friedman/)\n- [Jordan Walke](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jordan-walke/)\n- [Naval Ravikant](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/naval-ravikant/)\n- [Jessie Frazelle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jessie-frazelle/)\n- [Ilya Sukhar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ilya-sukhar/)\n- [David Cramer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-cramer/)\n- [Anthony Casalena](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/anthony-casalena/)\n- [Soleio Cuervo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/soleio-cuervo/)\n- [Matias Woloski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matias-woloski/)\n- [Michael Stoppelman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-stoppelman/)\n- [Pete Hunt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pete-hunt/)\n- [Brendan Eich](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/brendan-eich/)\n- [Sahil Lavingia](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sahil-lavingia/)\n- [Rasmus Andersson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/rasmus-andersson/)\n- [Benjamin De Cock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benjamin-de-cock/)\n- [Alexandr Wang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alexandr-wang/)\n- [Karri Saarinen](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/karri-saarinen/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Guillermo Rauch?\n\nGuillermo Rauch founded Vercel in 2015, when it was called ZEIT, and is its CEO. He created the realtime communication library Socket.IO and the Next.js web framework, which Vercel maintains. ZEIT was renamed Vercel in April 2020.\n\n### What does Vercel Inc., Vercel make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Vercel AI Gateway, Vercel Connect and Vercel Sandbox from Vercel Inc., Vercel. Vercel AI Gateway is a hosted router for model APIs. One API key or Vercel OIDC token reaches models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others through OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic-compatible and AI SDK interfaces, with budgets, request logs and provider failover.\n\n### Who has invested in Vercel Inc., Vercel?\n\nThe sources our research read name Accel, GIC, Bedrock, CRV, Notable Capital, GV, SV Angel, 8VC, Geodesic Capital, Greenoaks, Caffeinated Capital, Resolute Capital Partners, S28 Capital, Salesforce, Tiger Global, TrueBridge Capital Partners, Nat Friedman, Jordan Walke, Naval Ravikant, Jessie Frazelle, Ilya Sukhar, David Cramer, Anthony Casalena, Soleio Cuervo, Matias Woloski, Michael Stoppelman, Pete Hunt, Brendan Eich, Sahil Lavingia, Rasmus Andersson, Benjamin De Cock, Alexandr Wang and Karri Saarinen.\n\n### How are Guillermo's tools graded?\n\nVercel AI Gateway is graded B, 66.8 out of 100; Vercel Connect is graded B, 68.8 out of 100; Vercel Sandbox is graded BB, 73.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerilynzheng/details/experience/\n- https://vercel.com/blog/zdr-on-ai-gateway\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerilynzheng\n- https://x.com/jerilynzheng\n- https://rauchg.com/about\n- https://vercel.com/\n- https://vercel.com/ai-gateway\n- https://vercel.com/help\n- https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-to-get-vercel-support\n- https://vercel.com/about\n- https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-vercel-connect\n- https://x.com/HedyZandi\n- https://x.com/dvoytenko\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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