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AI Gateway is now in Beta

Not a pilot. Vercel's AI Gateway now routes requests across OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google with zero lock-in.

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Why it matters

Vercel's AI Gateway beta removes provider lock-in for developers by offering a unified endpoint across multiple LLM providers with failover routing, usage tracking, and bring-your-own-key support. This shifts power back to builders and could reshape how enterprises evaluate model selection.

The key facts

6 to know
  1. Supports OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic, Google, and more

  2. Features: usage-based billing at provider prices, BYOK support, per-model observability

  3. Includes fallback/provider routing for inference reliability

  4. Higher throughput and rate limits vs. direct provider access

  5. Free beta tier available

  6. Published June 25, 2025 — product drop timing

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Publisher excerpt: AI Gateway gives you a single endpoint to access a wide range of AI models across providers, with better uptime, faster responses, no lock-in. Now in , developers can use models from providers like OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic, Google, and more with:Beta for free or to learn more.Try AI Gatewaycheck out…
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