Vellum is a young AI agent platform (founded 2023) with a product-led motion and a sales team still being built from scratch. The stack is minimal (React, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL on GCP), reflecting early-stage engineering, while internal pain points—prompt iteration, prompt chaining, fine-tuning infrastructure—suggest the founders are solving problems they faced themselves. Heavy marketing investment (3 of 8 hires) focused on YouTube content production signals a developer-education-first go-to-market.
Vellum builds a platform for designing and deploying AI agents capable of multi-step reasoning and action. The product targets engineering and product teams adopting AI workflows, offering tooling around prompt iteration, chaining, and model fine-tuning. The company operates in New York and is actively building out both sales and marketing functions to move beyond early adopter traction. Current focus spans prototype development for customer use cases, technical education via YouTube and case studies, and optimization of the onboarding experience.
React and TypeScript for frontend, Python and Django/Flask for backend, PostgreSQL for data storage, and Google Cloud Platform for infrastructure.
New York, NY. The company is hiring exclusively in the United States.
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