Vercel Ship 2025 recap

Vercel Ship 2025 highlighted the company's advancements in app development with a focus on AI, compute, and security, as over 1,200 participants gathered in New York City for the event. Key innovations included the AI Gateway, which streamlines access to multiple AI models without vendor lock-in, and Fluid compute, which optimizes serverless workloads to significantly reduce costs. The introduction of Vercel Sandbox provides a secure environment for running untrusted code, while Rolling Releases ensure safer deployments with real-time monitoring and incremental rollouts. Vercel also showcased Microfrontends for team autonomy, BotID for invisible bot detection, and the Vercel Agent for enhanced observability. These advancements aim to transition Vercel from a Frontend Cloud to an AI Cloud, supporting both developers and AI agents in building and optimizing AI-powered applications.