Vellum
Category: AI Agents
A personal AI assistant with persistent memory that autonomously handles work and personal tasks across apps and devices, with local or cloud hosting. Vellum was founded in 2023. The company is led by Akash Sharma. Based in New York, NY, USA. Team size: 25-50. Total funding raised: $25M. Latest round: Series A. Key investors include Leaders Fund, Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, Eastlink Capital, Socii Capital, Dharmesh Shah, Arash Ferdowsi.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Team size
- 25-50
- Total funding
- $25M
Value proposition
Automates everyday tasks across users' apps with an always-available personal assistant that remembers context and preferences, supports multiple models, and offers local or isolated cloud hosting.
Products and solutions
Personal AI assistant with persistent memory, Agent builder for non-technical teams (Vellum for Agents), Prompt management and version control system, Evaluation suite for automated testing, Deployment orchestration via unified API, Monitoring and analytics dashboard, Android personal-assistant app, macOS desktop Companion Surface with voice interaction, Windows desktop app
Unique value
An ownable, customizable personal AI assistant with persistent memory, self-hosting, and permission-controlled actions across users' tools.
Target customer
Individuals and professionals seeking a personal AI assistant to automate daily work and personal tasks.
Industries served
Fintech, E-commerce/Retail Tech, Healthcare IT, SaaS, Legal Tech, Telecommunications (Swisscom), Compliance/GRC (Drata), Real Estate (Redfin)
Technology advantage
Memory v3 retrieves relevant individual sections of persistent knowledge rather than whole pages, using improved search lanes and batched embeddings to make personal-assistant context retrieval more precise.
How they differentiate
Vellum's primary differentiator is its comprehensive, end-to-end workflow coverage, from prompt authoring and versioning to automated evaluation and deployment, tightly integrated into developer toolchains.
Main competitors
Humanloop, PromptLayer, Weights & Biases, LangChain
Key partnerships
Direct integrations with major LLM providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Cohere., Partnerships with the Y Combinator ecosystem.
Notable customers
Redfin, Drata, Swisscom, Headspace, DeepScribe, Rely Health, Rentgrata, GravityStack, Seeking Alpha
Major milestones
Founded in January 2023 and participated in Y Combinator's W23 batch., Secured $5M in Seed funding in July 2023., Launched out of beta in Q1 2024., Secured $20M Series A funding led by Leaders Fund in July 2025., Launched Vellum for Agents in 2025., Pivoted to Personal Intelligence (consumer AI assistant) in May 2026., Raised $25M total from Dharmesh Shah, Arash Ferdowsi, Rebel Fund, and Y Combinator.
Growth metrics
Acquired hundreds of active customers within the first year of launch and secured a significant Series A to fuel expansion.
Market positioning
A premium solution targeting high-growth product and engineering teams that require reliability and scalability for mission-critical generative AI applications.
Geographic focus
Primarily North America and Europe.
Patents and IP
No public patents listed.
About Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma is the CEO and co-founder of Vellum. He has a background in management consulting, technology strategy, and product innovation. Prior to Vellum, he worked at McKinsey & Company, Temasek Holdings, and Dover.
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Official website: https://www.vellum.ai