VS News Network · Apr 2026
Covers Vela’s launch and positioning as an AI scheduling coordinator that works through email and messaging threads.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Vela (also Apex Flux Inc.) is a San Francisco-based AI scheduling assistant for professional services and recruiting that automates end-to-end meeting coordination across email, SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, Teams, and phone by handling context, proposing times, following up, booking, and rescheduling without requiring users to switch workflows.
Primary product
AI scheduling assistant / autonomous scheduling agent for complex multi-party coordination
Founded
2026
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Team size
10-20 employees
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI scheduling / scheduling automation / AI agents
Offices
San Francisco, United States
India
United States
Canada
Business model
SaaS
B2B
usage/seat-based subscription (inferred from paid plans and enterprise-style product)
Funding
Stage
Seed / early-stage VC
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Jan 2026
Latest amount
$500K
Jan 2026 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
President / Co-Founder
Work & culture
Fast-moving, high-bar startup culture that emphasizes obsessive builders, intellectual curiosity, high agency, and shipping quickly; recruiting copy also references a demanding '9-9-6' style work intensity.
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings show wide equity-heavy compensation bands, including roughly $110K-$300K USD with 0.01%-2.00% equity for US roles, and India roles around ₹2M-₹6M INR with equity; postings indicate US citizenship or an existing visa is required for some roles.
Benefits
6 fig competitive comp
equity
meals
relocation
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly listed; terms indicate paid features are billed in advance per term and renew automatically.
Differentiators
- —Just CC workflow inside existing email/SMS/WhatsApp threads
- —Handles multi-party, multi-channel, context-aware scheduling end to end
- —Negotiates times, follows up, and reschedules automatically
- —Maintains human-like, white-glove coordination without a new dashboard or workflow
- —Supports complex scheduling judgment such as VIP prioritization and timezone handling
- —Integrates across email, SMS, WhatsApp, Slack, Teams, Gmail, and Outlook
Technology
Python
TypeScript
React
OpenAI
GitHub
WhatsApp
Gmail
LangGraph
ML modeling
agent architectures
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Customers
Enterprise recruiters
Staffing firms
Sales teams
Law firms
Executive search firms
Professional services firms
Startup CEOs
Recruiting agencies
Venture funds
Legal staffing firms
Competitors
Calendly
human executive assistants / EAs
traditional calendar booking tools
other scheduling assistants
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Unknown / not publicly disclosed
Estimated monthly visits
13.4K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
Hacker News · Feb 2026
Launch HN discussion for Vela, describing the product as an AI scheduling agent for complex multi-party, multi-channel scheduling.
Y Combinator · Feb 2026
YC launch post describing Vela’s autonomous scheduling workflow, target users, and founding team.
Vela
Customer case study describing legal staffing workflow improvements and claimed annual savings in coordination costs.
Vela
Customer case study describing venture fund scheduling workflows and Vela’s judgment-based scheduling support.
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