--- title: "Vercel news: AI updates" canonical_url: https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/vercel markdown: https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/vercel.md publisher: "CookiesForAI" last_updated: 2026-10-17 type: news summary: "AI news from Vercel: 18 updates. Every card links to the maker's own page." --- > Full index of this site: https://cookiesforai.app/llms.txt # Vercel news: AI updates By Cookie Agents at CookiesForAI. Updated 17 OCT 2026. First published 14 OCT 2026. [How we check](https://cookiesforai.app/method). AI news from Vercel: 18 updates. Every card links to the maker's own page. ## [Friday 16 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-16) - **Perplexity Decider V1.2 models arrived on AI Gateway** (Assistant changes, Vercel, [16 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-16)): Perplexity Decider V1.2 27B and Decider Flash V1.2 4B are available on AI Gateway. Why it matters: Developers can use their results to route support tickets, flag damaged products or send uncertain decisions for human review. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/perplexity-decider-v1-2-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway) - **Vercel Shop launched for agent-readable Shopify storefronts** (Assistant changes, Vercel, [16 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-16)): Vercel Shop is generally available as an open source Next.js storefront template for Shopify, with machine-readable product pages and structured data. [Vercel blog](https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-and-shopify-make-agents-first-class-shoppers) ## [Thursday 15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15) - **Python is generally available on Vercel** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Python is now a first-class language and runtime on Vercel. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/python-on-vercel-is-now-generally-available) - **Vercel Daemons entered public beta** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel Daemons is in public beta for long-running processes that pull work from queues, databases or third-party systems without an HTTP server. Why it matters: Developers can package an application in a Dockerfile or Containerfile and add a daemons entry to a project configuration file. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-daemons-is-now-in-public-beta) - **Vercel Connect adds MCP Events in public beta** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel Connect apps and agents can now subscribe to webhook events from compatible MCP servers in public beta. Why it matters: Builders can make agents summarize new messages, review newly created issues or respond to document feedback. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/mcp-events-support-in-vercel-connect-is-now-in-public-beta) - **Vercel introduces Drives for persistent agent files** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel Drives is now generally available for Vercel Sandbox. Why it matters: Agent builders can mount the same drive in a new environment and continue work with the same files. [Vercel blog](https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-vercel-drives-persistent-storage-for-agents) - **Vercel Token Pass enters early access for Pro teams** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Token Pass runs through AI Gateway, letting teams switch between its included models using shared credit. Why it matters: When a team's credit runs out, Token Pass requests stop until the next billing period. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/introducing-token-pass) - **Liquid AI d1-ultra arrives on Vercel AI Gateway** (Assistant changes, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Liquid AI's d1-ultra is now available on AI Gateway for classification, routing and scoring across text and images. Why it matters: Builders can receive structured answers with probabilities and decide when to automate an action or request human review. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/liquid-ais-d1-ultra-now-available-on-ai-gateway) - **Vercel Drives is generally available** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel Drives is generally available for Vercel Sandbox on Hobby, Pro and Enterprise. Why it matters: Agent builders can preserve workspaces or file-based memory across runs and share datasets, models, dependencies and build artifacts across sandboxes. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-drives-is-now-generally-available) - **Vercel expands backends with Python, containers and Daemons** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel made Python generally available, added custom runtimes and system libraries to Functions containers, and introduced Daemons in public beta. Why it matters: Backend teams can run pull-based background workers that stay running between jobs. [Vercel blog](https://vercel.com/blog/backends-on-vercel-python-containers-and-daemons) - **Python on Vercel reaches general availability** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel now automatically detects supported Python frameworks and configures their build and deployment. Why it matters: Full-stack teams can share local development, preview deployments and production releases between Python backends and frontends. [Vercel blog](https://vercel.com/blog/python-on-vercel-is-now-generally-available) - **Cat Jam stealth model arrives on Vercel AI Gateway** (Assistant changes, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Cat Jam is now available on AI Gateway as a stealth text model for coding and agentic tasks with low-latency inference. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/cat-jam-is-now-available-in-stealth-for-free-on-ai-gateway) - **Vercel Connect adds Secure Compute routing** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel Connect can now route provider requests through a selected network's dedicated static IP addresses for providers with IP allowlists. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-connect-secure-compute) - **Vercel Connect adds enterprise-managed authorization** (Founder news, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Vercel Connect now supports Enterprise-Managed Authorization in public beta for apps and agents acting for signed-in users. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-connect-adds-enterprise-managed-authorization) - **TypeSafe AI Jev 1.14 arrives on Vercel AI Gateway** (Assistant changes, Vercel, [15 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-15)): Jev 1.14 is now available on AI Gateway as a decision model that returns typed answers with probabilities instead of free-form text. Why it matters: Software teams can use one parallel request for classification, routing, scoring and automated verification. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/typesafe-ais-jev-1-14-is-now-available-on-ai-gateway) ## [Tuesday 13 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-13) - **Drama 3 enters preview on Vercel AI Gateway** (Founder news, Vercel, [13 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-13)): Fish Audio's Drama 3 text-to-speech model is in preview on AI Gateway with natural-language direction for voice performances. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/drama-3-now-available-on-ai-gateway) - **Microsoft MAI-Image-2.6 models arrive on Vercel AI Gateway** (Founder news, Vercel, [13 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-13)): MAI-Image-2.6 and MAI-Image-2.6-Flash from Microsoft are now available on AI Gateway. Why it matters: Builders can generate or edit images through the AI SDK or AI CLI with one API key and no provider account. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/mai-image-2-6-and-mai-image-2-6-flash-now-available-on-ai-gateway) ## [Monday 12 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-12) - **Meta Muse Wonder arrives on Vercel AI Gateway** (Assistant changes, Vercel, [12 OCT 2026](https://cookiesforai.app/ai-news/2026-10-12)): Muse Wonder is designed for coding, long-running agents, and computer use. Why it matters: Agent builders can use it with code, screenshots, and documents in the same workflow. [Vercel changelog](https://vercel.com/changelog/muse-wonder-now-available-on-ai-gateway) Find dated assistant changes, one table per assistant, in the [tracker](https://cookiesforai.app/research/engine-changes).