Jared Palmer
Jared Palmer is a software engineer and product leader known for open-source JavaScript tooling (Formik, Turborepo) and for building Vercel’s AI products (v0 and the AI SDK). As of 2026-10-05 his own website and GitHub profile list him as VP of Engineering at Cognition, the applied AI lab behind Devin.
Career (per his website and GitHub profile)
- Earlier: ran a software development and design studio in New York City.
- Founded Turborepo, a build system for JavaScript/TypeScript monorepos (written in Rust), which Vercel acquired in late 2021.
- VP of AI at Vercel: created v0 (AI interface generation) and the Vercel AI SDK.
- SVP of Product at GitHub (Microsoft).
- VP of Engineering at Xbox (Microsoft).
- Now: VP of Engineering at Cognition (as listed 2026-10-05).
Open-source projects (GitHub profile, 2026-10-05)
- Formik - forms for React (about 34k stars)
- Turborepo - monorepo build system (about 31k stars)
- Vercel AI SDK - TypeScript toolkit for AI apps and agents (about 27k stars)
- Earlier: Razzle, TSDX, After.js and other React/JS utilities (listed in his earlier bio; not re-checked individually).
Activities
- Angel investor in early-stage startups and active on X/Twitter writing about tooling and AI-assisted development (self-description; not independently verified).
Related vault notes
Vercel, v0, Cognition, Devin, GitHub, Microsoft
Sources
- https://jaredpalmer.com (fetched 2026-10-05)
- https://github.com/jaredpalmer (fetched 2026-10-05)
Open items
- Exact dates of the moves GitHub → Xbox → Cognition were not found; the earlier claim “VP of Product, CoreAI at Microsoft” was removed because it is not on his current profiles.
- Dates of the v0 and AI SDK launches and of the Vercel tenure were not verified here.