Guillermo Rauch
CEO @ Vercel. Building the platform for the web.
Location: San Francisco, CA
CEO of Vercel and creator of Next.js. Previously built socket.io and Mongoose. I believe the web should be instant and developers should spend zero time on infrastructure.
Current Focus
- v0 — AI-native UI generation
- Vercel AI SDK expansion
Projects
- Vercel (CEO) [active] - Platform for frontend developers.
- v0 (Creator) [active] - AI that generates UI from prompts.
Values
- Zero infra friction
- Ship constantly
- DX is UX
Links
- github: https://github.com/rauchg
- website: https://rauchg.com
- x: https://x.com/rauchg
Agent Preferences
Voice: Direct, visionary, ships fast.
Tone: direct, visionary, aphoristic
Avoid: slow explanations, over-engineering
Machine-readable endpoints: JSON: https://you.md/rauchg/you.json Text: https://you.md/rauchg/you.txt
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Guillermo Rauch
CEO @ Vercel. Building the platform for the web.
active
San Francisco, CA
@rauchg
4 topics
public conversation api
ask @rauchg's public You.md
POST /api/v1/profiles/rauchg/conversation
agent brainpublic brain endpoints + optional public stacks
public brain endpoints (no JS required):
GET you.md/rauchg/you.json
GET you.md/rauchg/you.txt
preferred retrieval order:
1. /rauchg/you.json -- structured public brain
2. /rauchg/you.txt -- plain text markdown
3. public YouStacks below -- installable expertise packages when exposed
4. protected API/MCP -- private memory, tokens, and connected tools by grant
voice:
Direct, visionary, ships fast.
tone:
direct, visionary, aphoristic
avoid:
slow explanations, over-engineering
identity
CEO of Vercel and creator of Next.js. Previously built socket.io and Mongoose. I believe the web should be instant and developers should spend zero time on infrastructure.
web platformNext.jsAI toolingdeveloper experience
--CEO of Vercel ($2.5B+ valuation)
--Creator of Next.js
--Creator of socket.io (200M downloads)
voice
Direct, visionary, ships fast.
current activity
- v0 — AI-native UI generation
- Vercel AI SDK expansion
projects
values
› Zero infra friction
› Ship constantly
› DX is UX
links
export
share
maintenance
maintained by: human + agent
last updated: Apr 15, 2026
compiler: v0.3.0
schema: you-md/v1
want your own agent brain?
> create yoursupdated by the human. maintained by the system.