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GLM-5 is live on AI Gateway

GLM-5 just shipped to Vercel's AI Gateway. Agentic coding and autonomous tool use out of the box.

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Why it matters

GLM-5 availability through AI Gateway lowers friction for developers building agent-heavy applications. The model's emphasis on multi-step reasoning, long-range planning, and tool use signals competitive pressure in the reasoning/agent capability space—and distribution through a popular developer platform accelerates adoption.

The key facts

12 to know
  1. GLM-5 now available via Vercel AI Gateway

  2. Improvements over GLM-4.7: multiple thinking modes, improved long-range planning and memory

  3. Positioned for agentic coding, autonomous tool use, structured data extraction

  4. AI Gateway provides unified API, usage tracking, observability, intelligent provider routing

  5. No separate provider account required for access

  6. GLM-5 adds multiple thinking modes vs GLM-4.7

  7. Improved long-range planning and memory capabilities

  8. Strong on agentic coding and autonomous tool use

  9. Available via Vercel AI Gateway with unified API

  10. No additional provider accounts required

  11. Built-in observability and Bring Your Own Key support

  12. Intelligent provider routing with automatic retries

Go to the source

Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: You can now access GLM-5 via with no other provider accounts required.AI Gateway GLM-5 from Z.AI is now available on AI Gateway. Compared to GLM-4.7, GLM-5 adds multiple thinking modes, improved long-range planning and memory, and better handling of complex multi-step agent tasks. It's particularly…
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