Inception Mercury 2 is live on AI Gateway
Reasoning-grade latency just hit real-time. Inception's Mercury 2 is now live on Vercel's AI Gateway—built for agents that can't afford compounding delays.

Why it matters
Mercury 2 availability on Vercel's AI Gateway expands deployment options for builders shipping agentic workflows, voice interfaces, and RAG systems where inference latency directly impacts UX. This is a product/integration ship, not a model capability announcement.
The key facts
10 to knowMercury 2 from Inception now available on Vercel AI Gateway
Targets agentic loops, coding assistants, voice interfaces, RAG pipelines
Key differentiator: reasoning-grade quality at real-time latency
AI Gateway provides unified API, usage/cost tracking, intelligent provider routing, automatic retries
Includes observability and Bring Your Own Key support
Published March 4, 2026
Mercury 2 from Inception now live on Vercel AI Gateway
Positioned for agentic loops, coding assistants, voice interfaces, RAG pipelines
AI Gateway provides unified API, usage tracking, cost management, intelligent routing, failover
Supports observability and Bring Your Own Key
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Publisher excerpt: Mercury 2 from Inception is now available on .Vercel AI Gateway Mercury 2 from Inception is now available on AI Gateway. Mercury 2 delivers reasoning-grade quality at real-time latency, making it ideal for agentic loops, coding assistants, voice interfaces, and RAG pipelines where compounding…