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Grok 4.3 on AI Gateway

Grok 4.3 hits 1M context window. Vercel AI Gateway now routes to xAI's latest—native support for tool calling and instruction following.

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Why it matters

Vercel's AI Gateway expands model availability to include xAI's Grok 4.3 with 1M context, giving builders unified API access to frontier reasoning models with built-in observability and cost tracking. This signals continued fragmentation of the model marketplace and the rising importance of abstraction layers.

The key facts

6 to know
  1. Grok 4.3 available via Vercel AI Gateway

  2. 1M token context window

  3. Improvements in accuracy, tool calling, instruction following

  4. AI Gateway features: custom reporting, observability, Bring Your Own Key, intelligent provider routing, automatic retries

  5. Model accessible via xai/grok-4.3 in AI SDK

  6. Published April 30, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: Grok 4.3 is now available on . The model has a 1M token context window and improvements in accuracy, tool calling, and instruction following.Vercel AI Gateway To use Grok 4.3, set model to in the .xai/grok-4.3AI SDK AI Gateway provides a unified API for calling models, tracking usage and cost, and…
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