Vercel Acquires Better Auth

Cleary Gottlieb represented Vercel Inc. (Vercel) in its acquisition of Better Auth Inc. (Better Auth), an authentication and authorization framework company behind the open source TypeScript authentication library.

The transaction was announced on July 7, 2026.

For more information, please see the press release.

The Cleary M&A team included partner Chris R. Moore and associates Pierre Allegaert, Shoumick Hasan, and Megan Pitt. Partner Julia Petty and associate Erin McKissick advised on executive compensation and employee benefits matters. Partner Marcela Robledo and associate Christine D’Alessandro advised on intellectual property and data privacy matters. Partner Maureen Linch and associate Kelsey Barthold advised on tax matters.