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Vercel @vercel.com · 6h

Open source server rendering benchmarks show architecture matters.

Fluid compute: 1.2-5x faster across Next.js, React, SvelteKit, and more.
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Server rendering benchmarks: Fluid Compute and Cloudflare Workers - Vercel

Fluid Compute outperforms Cloudflare Workers by 1.2x–5x in server-side rendering benchmarks, offering faster, more consistent response times through an optimized in-region architecture.

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Vercel @vercel.com · 17d

One of the world's largest financial institutions introduced BotID's invisible CAPTCHA to mitigate increased bot traffic.

Learn how BotID helped them uncover, identify, and disarm a major SEO poisoning attack:
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BotID uncovers hidden SEO poisoning - Vercel

A financial institution's suspicious bot traffic turned out to be Google bots crawling SEO-poisoned URLs from years ago. Here's how BotID revealed the real problem.

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Vercel @vercel.com · 20d

We’ve made all CDN serving on Vercel 10% faster (P75), while reducing memory by 15%.

Learn the behind the scenes of applying Bloom filters to this problem, while serving 1T monthly requests.
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How we made global routing faster with Bloom filters - Vercel

We replaced slow JSON path lookups with Bloom filters in our global routing service, cutting memory usage by 15% and reducing 99th percentile lookup times from hundreds of milliseconds to under 1 ms. Here’s how we did it.

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Vercel @vercel.com · 21d

Cold starts are the Achilles' heel of serverless. Fluid fixes that.

Learn how Vercel achieves a sub-0.6% cold start rate automatically through platform optimizations.
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Scale to one: How Fluid solves cold starts - Vercel

Learn how Vercel solves serverless cold starts with scale to one, Fluid compute, predictive scaling, and caching to keep functions warm and fast.

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Vercel @vercel.com · 22d

Agents that load dynamic MCP tools risk security and quality issues:

• Prompt injection
• Unreliable tool calls
• Unexpected changes
• Wasted tokens

𝚖𝚌𝚙-𝚝𝚘-𝚊𝚒-𝚜𝚍𝚔 generates static tools you control so they stay stable and predictable.
vercel.com/blog/genera...

Generate static AI SDK tools from MCP servers with mcp-to-ai-sdk - Vercel

Use mcp-to-ai-sdk to generate MCP tools directly into your project. Gain security, reliability, and prompt-tuned control while avoiding dynamic MCP risks.

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Vercel @vercel.com · 28d

Billions of requests across MCP servers deployed on Vercel, including Zapier, Solana, and our own.

A key insight: wrapping your API in an MCP server isn't enough.

Here's what's working best so far:
vercel.com/blog/the-se...

The second wave of MCP: Building for LLMs, not developers - Vercel

The second wave of MCP, building for LLMs, not developers. Explore the evolution of MCP as it shifts from developer-focused tools to LLM-native integrations. Discover the future of AI connectivity.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Sep 9

Introducing a more flexible Pro plan for modern teams and AI workloads.

• Credit-based usage model
• Free viewer seats
• Self-serve enterprise features
• Spend management by default

Available starting today →
vercel.com/blog/new-pr...

A more flexible Pro plan for modern teams - Vercel

We’re updating Vercel’s Pro plan to better align with how modern teams collaborate and how applications consume infrastructure, and how workloads are changing shape with AI.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Sep 3

At Vercel, our relationship with open source is foundational.

Today we're sharing our Open SDK strategy, which is a commitment you can hold us to.
vercel.com/blog/open-s...

Open SDK strategy - Vercel

Vercel’s Open SDK strategy commits to building frameworks, SDKs, and tools in the open, under permissive licenses. Learn how we’re avoiding lock-in, ensuring portability, and investing in open source to build a better web for everyone.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Aug 28

We recently ran a successful live failover of our control plane database from Azure West US to East US 2.

Our goal was to validate that Vercel can survive a complete regional failure of its core database.

Here's the full breakdown:
vercel.com/blog/prepar...

Preparing for the worst: Our core database failover test - Vercel

On July 24, 2025, we successfully performed a full production failover of our core control-plane database from Azure West US to East US 2 with zero customer impact.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Aug 21

Vercel AI Gateway is now generally available.

• Access hundreds of models
• Zero markup on tokens (including BYOK)
• No provider accounts needed
• High rate limits
• Failover for high reliability
• Sub-20ms latency
• AI SDK and OpenAI-compatible

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AI Gateway: Production-ready reliability for your AI apps - Vercel

AI Gateway, now generally available, ensures availability when a provider fails, avoiding low rate limits and providing consistent reliability for AI workloads.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Aug 13

There’s a myth that serverless compute requires more database connections.

We bust that myth, but reveal a real problem, and share our solution.

vercel.com/blog/the-re...

The real serverless compute to database connection problem, solved - Vercel

Serverless compute does not mean you need more database connections. The math is the same for serverful and serverless. The real difference is what happens when functions suspend. We solve this issue with Fluid compute.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Aug 6

Our official Vercel MCP server is now live.

AI clients like Claude and VS Code with Copilot can now read Vercel docs and securely access your projects, deployment logs, and more using OAuth with read-only permissions.

vercel.com/blog/introd...

Introducing Vercel MCP: Connect Vercel to your AI tools - Vercel

Vercel now has an official hosted MCP server (aka Vercel MCP), which you can use to connect your favorite AI tools, such as Claude or VS Code, directly to Vercel.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Aug 1

Shipped on Vercel is a new showcase of real products built with Vercel.

Submissions are now open.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 25

MCP gives AI superpowers. And it's simpler than you think.

Here's all you need to know.

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Model Context Protocol (MCP) explained: An FAQ - Vercel

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a new spec that helps standardize the way large language models (LLMs) access data and systems, extending what they can do beyond their training data.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 18

Watch this Ship 2025 session to learn how Vercel's framework-defined infrastructure simplifies caching and content delivery.

See how it works, the difference between CDN and runtime caches, and a deep dive into revalidation with Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR).

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Vercel Ship 2025: Revalidate the web

Deep dive into Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR), Vercel’s framework-defined approach to caching.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 17

Search 1M+ GitHub repositories from your AI agent using Grep's MCP server.

Your agent can now reference coding patterns and solutions used in open source projects to solve problems and answer questions.

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Grep a million GitHub repositories via MCP - Vercel

Search 1M+ GitHub repositories from your AI agent using Grep's MCP server. Your agent can now reference coding patterns and solutions used in open source projects to solve problems.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 15

Apply today. Summer cohort applications close Thursday, July 17.

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Open Source Program - Vercel

Power your open source project with Vercel platform credits, exclusive community support, and extra benefits.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 15

See all the OSS Starter Pack partners and benefits.

vercel.fyi/oss-starter...

Vercel OSS Starter Pack

The essential open-source toolkit, from Vercel.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 15

We've added nearly $30,000 in credits to Vercel's Open Source Program.

Thanks to generous partner companies, the new OSS Starter Pack adds access to tools that help you build, maintain, and grow your project.

Let's create a more sustainable web, together.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 14

Follow along using the workshop instructions.

ship-25-agents-workshop.vercel.app/docs

Ship 2025 Agents Workshop - Companion Site

Learn to build an AI coding agent with AI SDK 5, Vercel AI Gateway, and Vercel Sandbox. Step-by-step workshop documentation for creating agents that can read and modify GitHub repositories.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 14

Build a coding agent like Claude Code in 40 minutes with the AI SDK, AI Gateway, Sandbox, and Vercel Functions.

See how in Nico Albanese's Vercel Ship workshop.

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Vercel Ship 2025: Building agents with the AI SDK workshop

Learn the basics of building AI agents with the AI SDK.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 11

Meetup SDK: A brand new toolkit for community-hosted events.

Organize your own Vercel, Next.js, v0, or AI SDK-focused meetups and hackathons with support from us.

Find out more about the program, what's offered, and submit your event.

meetup-sdk.vercel.com/

Meetup SDK | Vercel

Vercel-sponsored events for community organizers.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 10

AI is changing how and what we build.

The AI Cloud lets you build AI features, apps, tools, agents, and more. All without managing infrastructure.

Everything you need to ship agentic workloads, powered by Vercel.

vercel.com/blog/the-ai...

The AI Cloud: A unified platform for AI workloads - Vercel

We made it simple to build, preview, and ship any frontend, from marketing pages to dynamic apps, without managing infrastructure. Now we’re introducing the next layer: the Vercel AI Cloud.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 8

At Vercel Ship 2025, Malte Ubl shared a no-nonsense approach to building AI agents.

Learn how to build and secure AI agents that automate complex workflows, and understand the product and business impact behind them.

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Vercel Ship 2025: The no-nonsense approach to AI agent development with Malte Ubl

Learn how to build secure, production-grade AI agents.

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Vercel @vercel.com · Jul 8

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NuxtLabs joins Vercel - Vercel

NuxtLabs, creators of Nuxt and Nitro, are joining Vercel. Same license, roadmap, and open governance, but now in a joint mission to build the best web.

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