Releasesby GlyphVercel Agent is now available in Slack code channels
Vercel Agent now works in Slack code channels, a new kind of channel launched today for working with a coding agent. Anyone in the channel can follow the work, give Agent new instructions, and review the code it writes. Choose Create a code channel from the Slack sidebar, select Vercel as the agent, and describe what you need to get started.
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BigQuery adds ML.TREND, ML.SEASONALITY and ML.DETECT_CHANGE_POINTS in preview
New table-valued functions in the query editor and conversational analytics identify trends, repeating seasonal patterns and structural change points in time series data.
BigQuery Graph core processing limited to Enterprise editions from April 26, 2027
Standard edition and on-demand billing support for BigQuery Graph core graph processing is deprecated, with processing restricted to Enterprise and Enterprise Plus from April 26, 2027. Graph measures remain available except in Standard edition.
The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server
The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server. AI agents can now execute advanced BigQuery operations, such as job scheduling, job management, and reservation management, through a managed MCP endpoint. For more information, see Use the Cloud CLI remote MCP server . This feature is in Preview .
AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support for client-side encrypted stages and network-restricted accounts (General availability)
AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT now support documents stored on stages that use client-side or server-side encryption, including in accounts that use PrivateLink or other network policies that restrict public network access to stages. For more information, see the following topics:
Cortex Agent code execution tool (Preview)
The Cortex Agent code execution tool is now in public preview. When you enable the tool on an agent, the agent can generate and run Python in a secure, isolated sandbox to process data, perform calculations, and produce visualizations.
Salesforce connector mTLS authentication is now generally available
Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication for the Salesforce connector in Lakeflow Connect is now generally available. With mTLS, Databricks and Salesforce exchange and verify client certificates to establish two-way trust, combined with the OAuth client credentials flow. Choose it for API-only users or when your organization requires mTLS.
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DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Experimental now available on AI Gateway
DeepSeek V4 Flash with vision is now available on AI Gateway. This model is an experimental version that accepts images alongside text. You can ask it to describe a picture, read text out of a screenshot, or work through a chart in the same request as your prompt. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Experimental now available on AI Gateway.
Fish Audio models now available on Vercel AI Gateway for free
Fish Audio 's audio models are now available on AI Gateway. To celebrate the launch, every Fish Audio model is free on AI Gateway for the next 30 days, through September 18.
Exa joins the Vercel AI Gateway and Agent Marketplace
Exa is now available on the Vercel AI Gateway and Agent Marketplace as a native integration. Exa's neural search engine grounds models in current information. Exa search is now a built-in tool on AI Gateway , which runs the search for you without an Exa account of your own.
The Vercel Sandbox CLI is now more agent-friendly
The Sandbox CLI version 4.0.1 ships four output and error improvements: New sandboxes point users towards how to connect into them. A sandbox not found error shows where to look for existing sandboxes. Common mistakes, like typing a command after sh , redirect to the command that was intended.
Cline is now available in the AI SDK harness layer
The AI SDK harness layer lets you run established coding-agent runtimes through one unified interface, so you can switch runtimes without changing your application code. Today we are adding Cline, which runs through the same HarnessAgent interface as other supported harness.
GLM 5.3 now available on AI Gateway
GLM 5.3 from Z.ai is now available on AI Gateway. GLM 5.3 has improvements vs. GLM 5.2 at complex software engineering and at agent tasks that run across many steps, and it reaches those results while producing fewer output tokens than GLM 5.2 did at the same effort level.
GPT-5.6 Sol is 50% off on AI Gateway for the next month
GPT-5.6 Sol , the flagship of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series, is 50% off on AI Gateway through September 18. The discount applies on the OpenAI provider to all token types, tiers, regions, and modes, and it is available only on requests running directly through AI Gateway (not BYOK).
Vercel Sandbox is now globally available
Vercel Sandbox now runs globally, starting with four regions: iad1 (Washington, D.C.), sfo1 (San Francisco), cle1 (Cleveland), and cdg1 (Paris). iad1 remains the default. Support for all Vercel regions is coming soon. Choose a region close to the databases, object storage, and other services your sandboxes access to reduce latency.