AI applications are reshaping industries, but building and scaling them reliably remains a challenge. Vercel's general availability of AI Gateway introduces a robust solution, ensuring AI-powered apps remain resilient and performant—even as the AI ecosystem evolves rapidly.
Addressing Production-Scale AI Challenges
Taking AI apps from prototype to production exposes them to new risks. Relying on a single Large Language Model (LLM) provider can leave apps vulnerable to outages, rate limits, and vendor lock-in. As AI becomes core to business operations, enterprises demand more than easy integration, they need unwavering reliability and flexibility.
Vercel AI Gateway bridges these gaps. It acts as a resilient intermediary between your application and various AI providers, automatically handling failover, rate limits, and authentication. This ensures your app continues operating, even if individual providers experience issues.
Agility with Model Choices
The AI landscape moves fast. New models, capabilities, and standards emerge constantly, making the ability to swap and test providers essential. Vercel AI Gateway streamlines this by offering:
- Unified API: Access hundreds of models and providers through a single, consistent API.
- Composability: Mix and match models for specific use cases, avoiding vendor lock-in.
- Automated Key and Spend Management: Eliminate the chaos of managing multiple API keys and spend controls.
This abstraction allows teams to focus on delivering features, not managing infrastructure complexity.
Production-Ready Developer Experience
Vercel’s AI SDK is already a staple for high-profile apps, powering millions of downloads weekly. The AI Gateway extends this seamless experience to production environments. Swapping models is as simple as editing a line of code, and new models become available instantly.
- Instant Testing: Rapidly evaluate new providers by changing your model string.
- Zero Markup: Use your own API keys and contracts, Vercel charges nothing extra for model inference.
- Comprehensive Support: Gain usage tracking, billing, failover, and access to a vast model library.
Teams can confidently build reliable AI apps, advanced agents, and RAG systems without worrying about provider disruptions or infrastructure obstacles.
Scalable Reliability Without Added Cost
Vercel AI Gateway utilizes the same global infrastructure that serves trillions of requests annually, providing sub-20ms latency and enterprise-grade uptime. Its zero-markup approach means you benefit from enhanced reliability and performance at no additional inference cost. Just bring your existing API keys—Vercel manages the rest, acting as a CDN for AI inference.
Getting Started with AI Gateway
The AI Gateway is now open to all developers. You can try it for free, explore the full model library, and integrate production-grade reliability within minutes. Enterprise customers can request tailored demos and support to meet their scaling needs.
Key Takeaway
Vercel AI Gateway marks a major advance for teams building AI-powered apps. By removing single points of failure, simplifying provider management, and offering unmatched flexibility at no extra cost, Vercel enables developers to accelerate AI innovation without compromising on reliability or agility.
Vercel AI Gateway Brings Reliability and Flexibility to AI Apps