January 9, 2026 - January 16, 2026
Top Highlights
- AWS Databases Join Vercel Marketplace and v0 - AWS database services are now natively integrated into Vercel’s ecosystem, making it easier to provision and manage databases directly from the Vercel platform and v0 AI interface.
- React Best Practices Repository Optimized for AI Agents - Vercel has released a structured repository containing over 10 years of React and Next.js optimization knowledge, specifically formatted for AI agents and LLMs to generate better code.
- AI Voice Elements Launch for Voice Agent Development - New AI Elements components now support real-time voice interactions with built-in Transcription and Speech functions, enabling developers to build sophisticated voice agents and natural language applications.
- GPT 5.2 Codex Available Through AI Gateway - The latest GPT 5.2 Codex model, combining advanced professional knowledge with agentic coding capabilities, is now accessible directly through Vercel’s AI Gateway without requiring separate provider accounts.
- Winners of the AI Gateway Model Battlefield Hackathon Announced - People and models compete against each other in winning projects AI Monopoly, The Model’s Dilemma, and Clue Arena.
Community Projects
- Events Calendar Template
- Nothify // Autonomous 404 page generation for Next.js
- Vercel PHP
- Spinner Animation Showcase - 18 CSS Loading Patterns
- Free Modern Gen Z Energy Drink Landing Page with Lenis Smooth Scroll & Framer Motion
- AI Gateway Model Battlefield Hackathon winners
Don’t forget to visit the Showcase to see what else everyone is building
Weekly Leaderboard
Congrats to last week’s leaderboard champions
Resources
- How to build agents with filesystems and bash
- How Mux shipped durable video workflows with their @mux/ai SDK
- Nick Bogaty joins Vercel as Chief Revenue Officer
- Introducing: React Best Practices
- Use Perplexity Web Search with Vercel AI Gateway
- AWS databases are now live on the Vercel Marketplace and v0
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More Updates
- Limit on-demand concurrent builds to one build per branch
- Streamdown v2: Smaller bundle, CDN loading, and new Remend options
- Build cache storage increased for larger build machines
- Web Interface Guidelines now available as an agent command
- Protection bypass for automation now supports multiple secrets
- Set team-wide defaults for Deployment Protection
- Project-level deployment suffixes
- Reduced build times for large projects
- AI Voice Elements
- GPT 5.2 Codex now available on Vercel AI Gateway
- Access Perplexity Web Search on Vercel AI Gateway with any model
- Node.js runtime now defaults to version 24 for Vercel Sandbox
- On-demand Vercel Agent code reviews
- OpenResponses API now supported on Vercel AI Gateway
- Enhanced Observability for Hono and Express projects
- SSH into running Vercel Sandboxes with the CLI