Vercel adds Inkling to AI Gateway
Vercel has integrated Inkling, the debut open-weights multimodal model from AI research startup Thinking Machines, into its AI Gateway. Developers can now leverage the Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) transformer model (thinkingmachines/inkling) to process text, image, and audio inputs with Vercel's unified API observability, caching, and rate-limiting infrastructure.
Vercel continues to solidify its position as the default frontend-for-AI platform by quickly integrating new open models from prominent startups.
- –**Fast Integration**: Providing immediate availability for Inkling lowers friction for developers wanting to test Thinking Machines' new model.
- –**Unified DX**: Allows developers to leverage Vercel's existing logging, caching, and security tools for Inkling without extra configuration.
- –**Ecosystem Validation**: Immediate integration from Vercel lends legitimacy to Thinking Machines' launch.
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2026-07-15
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2026-07-15
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