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Liquid AI's d1 is available on AI Gateway

Liquid AI's d1 decision model is now accessible through Vercel's AI Gateway—structured classification without text generation, with vision support.

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Why it matters

Liquid d1 adds a decision-model alternative to Vercel's unified AI Gateway, enabling typed classification, routing, and scoring without token generation. Practitioners can route support tickets, validate refunds, or perform visual inspection through SDK, OpenAI-compatible, or TypeSafe APIs. Decision calls count toward budgets and appear in logs alongside other model requests.

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  1. Liquid AI d1 now available on Vercel AI Gateway

  2. d1 evaluates shared state against typed questions for classification, routing, and scoring

  3. Returns structured answers with probabilities, no text token generation

  4. Vision support: visual classification, inspection, and scoring

  5. Accessible via SDK, OpenAI-compatible Decisions API, or TypeSafe-compatible API

  6. Decision calls tracked in logs and budgets alongside other model requests

  7. Examples: support-agent refund validation, local image color classification

  8. Liquid d1 available on Vercel AI Gateway

  9. Model type: decision model for classification, routing, scoring without text generation

  10. Vision support: can answer typed questions about images

  11. Access methods: AI SDK, OpenAI-compatible Decisions API, TypeSafe-compatible API

  12. Use cases: support agent refund classification, visual inspection, color detection

  13. Published: October 9, 2026

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Publisher excerpt: is now available on .Liquid d1AI Gateway d1 is a that evaluates shared state against typed questions for classification, routing, and scoring. It returns structured answers with probabilities without generating text tokens. d1 also has vision support: the model can answer typed questions about…
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