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Introducing the Vercel AI SDK

Vercel just shipped an open-source AI SDK that lets developers build chat apps in 3 lines of code — with support for OpenAI, Hugging Face, and LangChain out of the box.

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Why it matters

Vercel is lowering the barrier to entry for AI app development by bundling model interoperability, streaming UI primitives, and serverless deployment into a single developer tool. This matters because it accelerates the shift from AI research to production apps.

The key facts

7 to know

  1. Open-source Vercel AI SDK launched with React/Next.js and Svelte/SvelteKit support

  2. First-class support for OpenAI, LangChain, and Hugging Face model providers

  3. Includes streaming hooks (useChat, useCompletion) for real-time UI rendering

  4. Integrated with Vercel Serverless and Edge Functions for instant scaling

  5. Play.vercel.ai playground supports 20+ open-source and cloud LLMs with side-by-side comparison

  6. SDK includes callbacks for database persistence of streaming responses

  7. Companies like Scale, Jasper, Perplexity, Runway, Lexica, and Jenni already built with Vercel

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Vercel Blogvercel.com

Publisher excerpt: Over the past 6 months, AI companies like , , , , , and have launched with and Vercel. Vercel helps accelerate your product development by enabling you to focus on creating value with your AI applications, rather than spending time building and maintaining…
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