Total raised$12.0M
StageSeries A
Founded2020
Team size11-50
HQSan Mateo, United States
Industriessoftware_developmentai

About VESSL

VESSL AI is a GPU orchestrator for experimenting, building, and scaling AI models across multi-cloud and on-premises environments. Founded in Seoul and now expanding to the United States, it is a Series A company that has raised $12 million and employs about 40 people. It is backed by top-tier investors in Korea and serves AI-native startups, research labs, and enterprises. The company’s origin in Seoul highlights its roots and regional strength in the AI ecosystem.

Company at a glance

Location
San Mateo, United States
Websitevessl.ai
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Founders & Leadership

DL

daniel lim

CFO @ VESSL AI | AI Orchestration | ex-Founder

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JC

Jihwan Chun

CTO, Co-Founder @ VESSL AI | MLOps | B2B SaaS | ML Development Lifecycle | LLMOps

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JA

Jaeman (Kuss) An

Building Fluid Computing for GPUs (Solving “GPU Liquidity Problem”)

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SK

Siyeon Kim

Head of Business Operations @ Ad-Shield | Cross-border Ops | Building Scalable & Compliant Management Infrastructure

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Engineering38%
  • Sales & Business Development25%
  • Operations16%
  • Product9%
  • Leadership6%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.KAIST
  2. 2.Yonsei University
  3. 3.Seoul National University
  4. 4.Chung-Ang University
  5. 5.The University of Chicago

Team Worked At

  • Google
  • Amazon
  • Bain & Company
  • Kearney
  • Deloitte

Team Composition

31 people
  • Engineering10
  • Product Management4
  • Sales4
  • Operations1 senior3
  • Information Technology1 senior2
  • Marketing2
  • Arts and Design1
  • Business Development1

Funding History

Series AOct 2024

$12M

raised

South Korean MLOps platform VESSL AI raised a $12M Series A from A Ventures, Ubiquitous Investment, Mirae Asset Securities, Sirius Investment and others.

Woori Venture PartnersUbiquitous InvestmentSJ Investment PartnersShinhan Venture InvestmentSirius InvestmentMirae Asset Securities+1

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