January & February 2026 Product Updates

Vast.ai has introduced new updates aimed at enhancing orchestration support, refining billing and serverless workflows, and providing new templates and guides to streamline deployment processes. The company has launched the Vast.ai Startup Program, offering up to $2,500 in free GPU credits for early-stage teams moving their workloads to Vast.ai, along with 24/7 priority support and access to a wide range of GPUs. Enhancements to SkyPilot now allow users to filter capacity by Secure Cloud and provide full support for instance creation parameters, offering more control over deployment settings. The newly available Model Library features a model-first deployment approach, with templates organized by modality and use case, complete with recommended hardware presets. Vast.ai also continues to support AI workloads through its serverless API, facilitating automatic, pay-per-use scaling. Recent updates include fixes to the serverless GPU filter UI, billing transaction history improvements, and security enhancements.

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