Meet the 2026 Vercel AI Accelerator Cohort
By Steven Van ·
Vercel's six-week AI Accelerator brings in 39 early-stage teams for $8M+ in partner credits, mentorship, and a Demo Day on April 16th.
Vercel has selected 39 early-stage teams for its 2026 AI Accelerator, a six-week program for founders building AI startups on Vercel's infrastructure. The cohort spans the US, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, with teams working across robotics debugging, veterinary care, agentic commerce, security, and other industries.
Participants get access to Vercel infrastructure, more than $8M in partner credits from AWS, Anthropic, OpenAI, Cartesia, ElevenLabs and others, weekly sessions with founders and technical leaders, and dedicated VC mentors.
The cohort gathers for Builder Day on March 18th at Vercel's new San Francisco headquarters, including a fireside chat with Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch and Paper CEO Stephen Haney. Teams then have four weeks to refine and ship before Demo Day on April 16th in San Francisco, where judges will select three winners to receive over $100K in credits and prizes, including a Vercel Ventures investment for the first-place team. Past accelerator teams, including Stably AI, Cervo, and Bear AI, have gone on to raise venture rounds, land enterprise customers, and form partnerships.
