Stakpak

AI Infrastructure · DevOps · Cloud

Acquisition

Vercel Acquires Egyptian-Founded Autonomous DevOps Startup Stakpak

Undisclosed terms suggest a talent-driven deal, and it's Vercel's second African-founder acquisition within a month.

• Vercel has acquired Stakpak, an Egyptian-founded startup building open-source autonomous DevOps agents, with financial terms undisclosed.
• Founded by CEO George Fahmy, Stakpak built AI agents that turn natural-language prompts into infrastructure-as-code, evolving into a 'self-driving infrastructure' platform that cuts routine DevOps tasks from about four hours to roughly 50 minutes.
• The deal is Vercel's second African-founded acquisition in weeks, following its purchase of Better Auth, founded by Ethiopian developer Bereket Engida.
• Stakpak bootstrapped for roughly two years before raising a $500,000 pre-seed round in 2025 led by P1 Ventures, with 500 Global and Digital Currency Group also participating.
• Vercel itself is valued at $9.3 billion after raising a $300 million Series F, and is reportedly running at a $340 million revenue run rate as it pushes beyond web hosting into AI infrastructure.
• Back-to-back acquisitions of African-founded developer-tools startups by a top-tier Silicon Valley infrastructure company signal that African technical talent is now building products global acquirers actively compete for.