[▲ Vercel Community](/) · [Categories](/categories) · [Latest](/latest) · [Top](/top) · [Live](/live) [AI SDK](/c/ai-sdk/62) # Why Vercel AI Gateway uses independent API keys instead of global account tokens 25 views · 0 likes · 2 posts Superjolly (@superjolly) · 2026-03-16 Hello, as the title says, I see in the `AI Gateway` documentation that the `API Key` needs to be generated when the call request is made, and here the `API Key` is designed independently instead of using the `token` in the account settings. Superjolly (@superjolly) · 2026-03-17 Is there any guy who can answer this question of mine?