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The latest AI and developer news from Vercel Blog, with short summaries.
Visit website →2026 Vercel AI Accelerator Cohort Revealed
Vercel has selected 39 early-stage AI startups from around the world to run a 6-week accelerator program.
next-forge 6 released
**next-forge 6**, a Turborepo template for Next.js apps, has been released, introducing default Bun support and a skill for AI agents.
Deprecation of DHE cipher suite support for TLS connections
Starting June 30, 2026, Vercel will discontinue support for the legacy DHE cipher suite.
AI Elements 1.9 Released
AI Elements 1.9 has been released, adding new components and agent skills.
Vercel Begins Supporting Domain Connect as a DNS Provider
Vercel now supports Domain Connect, enabling one-click automation of DNS configuration for external services.
How Notion Workers Runs Untrusted Code at Scale Using Vercel Sandbox
Notion Workers leverages Vercel Sandbox's microVMs to safely run untrusted code at scale in isolated environments.
Improved Data Collection for Web Analytics and Speed Insights with Resilient Intake
Resilient intake has been introduced in version 2 of Web Analytics and Speed Insights, increasing the reliability of data collection.
Chat SDK Adds WhatsApp Adapter Support
Chat SDK has added a WhatsApp adapter, enabling support for various messengers including Slack and Discord from a single codebase.
Vercel Flags Adds Support for Webhook Event Subscriptions
Vercel has launched webhook event subscriptions for Vercel Flags to increase visibility into feature flag operations.
Vercel Flags, Now Optimized for AI Agents
Vercel has released a Flags SDK skill that lets AI agents create and manage flags using natural language.
Experience Grok 4.20 on AI Gateway
Grok 4.20 has been added to Vercel AI Gateway as Reasoning, Non-Reasoning, and Multi-Agent.
Chat SDK introduces adapter directory
Chat SDK has launched an adapter directory where users can discover various platform and state adapters from Vercel and the community.
Vercel Sandbox Adds Support for 1 vCPU and 2 GB RAM Configuration
Vercel Sandbox has started supporting a 1 vCPU and 2 GB RAM configuration for lightweight workloads.
Chat SDK Adds PostgreSQL State Adapter
Chat SDK has added a PostgreSQL state adapter, enabling data persistence without Redis.
How to Run Vercel CDN in Front of Discourse
This introduces how to place Vercel CDN as a proxy in front of Discourse to add security, analytics, and micro frontend capabilities.
Deployment stage speed improved by 15%
Vercel optimized the credentials provisioning process during builds, cutting deployment speed by an average of 1.2 seconds.
Support for skipping builds of unchanged projects in Bun monorepos
Vercel now supports detecting Bun lockfiles to skip builds for unchanged projects within a monorepo.
v0 API Adds Support for Custom MCP Servers
The v0 API now supports connecting custom MCP servers, allowing teams to configure servers programmatically and use them in chat sessions.
Chat SDK adds table rendering and streaming markdown features
Chat SDK now natively renders tables across all platforms and supports streaming markdown formatting.
AI Gateway Adds Support for OpenAI's Responses API
AI Gateway now supports OpenAI's new Responses API, allowing developers to interact with models in a more modern way.