TestingCatalog · Jul 2026
Vellum launched Voice Mode for its personal assistant, using Deepgram transcription and ElevenLabs speech while preserving the assistant’s tool-use, memory, and interruption handling.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Vellum is a New York-based AI company building a personal intelligence assistant/runtime that remembers context, learns preferences, and takes actions across connected tools; it also ships an open-source runtime and a managed cloud platform for assistants and AI workflows.
Primary product
Vellum personal AI assistant / personal intelligence runtime
Founded
2023
Headquarters
169 Madison Ave Unit 2323, New York, NY 10016, United States
Team size
20-30
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI infrastructure / LLMOps / personal AI assistants
Offices
Business model
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Co-CTO
Co-CTO
Head of Growth
AI Engineer
Customer Success Lead
Platform Team Lead
GTM Engineer
Community Lead
Fractional Finance & Operations Officer
Fast-moving, high-ownership, direct-feedback culture with an emphasis on autonomy, shipping quickly, and using AI internally. Public materials also stress privacy, security, open source, and the values 'Lean into the future,' 'Say what you mean; mean what you say,' and 'Play to win.'
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings and aggregators show engineering roles around $140k-$200k, design roles around $150k-$180k, and sales roles around $100k-$225k OTE; some listings also mention equity and benefits such as 401(k) match and medical/dental/vision.
Benefits
Pricing
Freemium plus paid managed credits/subscriptions; open-source self-hosted runtime with no platform fee
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
290.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
TestingCatalog · Jul 2026
Vellum launched Voice Mode for its personal assistant, using Deepgram transcription and ElevenLabs speech while preserving the assistant’s tool-use, memory, and interruption handling.
TestingCatalog · Jul 2026
Vellum released Plugin Hub, an open catalog of installable plugins that extend assistant capabilities and keep credentials on the user’s machine.
Pivot News · Jul 2026
Coverage of Vellum’s Slack agent-to-agent collaboration launch, emphasizing preserved per-user context and privacy in shared workspaces.
Vellum blog · May 2026
Official launch post for Vellum’s personal intelligence product and assistant experience; it also says the company raised $25M from Dharmesh Shah, Arash Ferdowsi, Rebel Fund, and Y Combinator.
Vellum blog · Jul 2025
Official Series A announcement: $20M led by Leaders Fund with participation from Y Combinator, Socii Capital, Rebel Fund, Pioneer Fund, and Eastlink Capital.