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.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
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
169 Madison Ave Unit 2323, New York, NY 10016, United States
Distributed workforce across the United States and Canada
Business model
B2B SaaS
credit-based managed platform
open-source self-hosted software
enterprise software
Funding
People & investors
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
Work & culture
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
competitive compensation packages
equity
401(k) match
medical insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium plus paid managed credits/subscriptions; open-source self-hosted runtime with no platform fee
Differentiators
- —Persistent memory across time
- —Own identity for the assistant (email, GitHub, Slack)
- —Background and scheduled work
- —Actions across email, files, calendars, Slack, GitHub, Linear, and other apps
- —Open-source runtime with self-hosting
- —Permission-gated tool use and isolated credential storage
- —Plugin ecosystem and managed OAuth integrations
- —Telemetry off by default and strong privacy/security positioning
Technology
TypeScript
Python
Django
Flask
React
Google Cloud Platform
Docker
Terraform
Kubernetes
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google Gemini
OpenRouter
Fireworks
MiniMax
Ollama
Slack
GitHub
Linear
Sentry
Customers
Swisscom
Drata
Redfin
DeepScribe
Rely Health
GravityStack
Headspace
Revamp
Competitors
OpenClaw
Hermes
Claude Cowork
Gumloop
n8n
Lovable
Devin
ChatGPT/Claude
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
290.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
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.
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