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Vercel's experimental research and prototyping group.

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Placed in Trial: 10 article(s) of evidence from 3 source(s), led by product launches, with 2 in the last 30 days. Confidence 67%.

Evidence (10)

  • 7The New Stack·9/29/2026product_launch
    OpenAI lets ChatGPT subscriptions power third-party developer tools

    OpenAI is expanding Sign in with ChatGPT so ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers can use their plan allowance inside participating third-party AI, coding, and productivity tools. The rollout begins with 16 launch partners, including Devin, Notion, Vercel, Amp, and Dactyl, and OpenAI says more integrations will follow.

  • 6The New Stack·9/19/2026framework_update
    Vercel tightens Hobby plan deployment storage rules

    Vercel is changing retention rules for its free Hobby plan so older, unprotected deployments are deleted immediately once a project exceeds the 10GB Deployment Storage limit. The company says the update is meant to keep the free tier sustainable as deployment volume has grown sharply, while still preserving recent and protected deployments and offering a 30-day recovery window for deleted builds.

  • 7The New Stack·8/20/2026product_launch
    Slack launches Code, a new channel type for coding agents

    Slack introduced Slack Code, a channel type designed for coding agents and the developers supervising them. The new channels can be created by supported agents to share plans, code diffs, pull request details, and previews, and they can be archived after the work is finished. Slack is rolling it out for partners including Claude, Devin, GitHub Copilot, and Vercel, with ChatGPT support coming later.

  • 7InfoQ·8/20/2026framework_update
    Next.js 16.3 adds instant navigations and cuts dev memory use

    Vercel has released Next.js 16.3 with improvements focused on developer experience, including lower memory usage during development, faster builds, and better type checking. The update also introduces Instant Navigations, which aims to deliver faster, more client-like page transitions while preserving server-rendered architecture, though developers are advised to adopt it gradually due to caveats.

  • 5InfoQ·8/20/2026framework_update
    Harper Pushes Single-Runtime Stack and Ships Version 5.2

    Harper, a database platform, argues for a single-runtime architecture that keeps application code and data together. The company says its benchmark against a Vercel-based stack showed better performance on live, personalized-data workloads, and version 5.2 adds a new record cache plus higher throughput per node.

  • 7The New Stack·8/17/2026product_launch
    Cursor launches Origin, a GitHub alternative

    Cursor has introduced Origin, an early-beta code hosting and collaboration platform available to paid users. It includes repositories, pull requests, code browsing, GitHub sync, and integrations with tools such as Vercel, Depot, and Buildkite.

  • 7InfoQ·8/13/2026product_launch
    Vercel General-Availability Launches v0 API

    Vercel has made the v0 API generally available, allowing developers and AI agents to generate, iterate on, preview, and deploy apps through API calls. The release positions v0 as a headless app-building interface for automated software creation workflows.

  • 8The New Stack·8/8/2026framework_update
    OpenAI, AWS, GitHub and others back Agent Plugins standard

    OpenAI, AWS, Cursor, GitHub and Microsoft have backed Agent Plugins 1.0.0, an open, vendor-neutral packaging standard from Vercel for reusable AI agent extensions. The specification aims to make agent skills and MCP servers easier to distribute and load across different clients and runtimes, though some developers warn it does not solve the harder governance and permission issues.

  • 5InfoQ·8/6/2026product_launch
    Vercel Labs Releases Zero, a Graph-First Language for AI Agents

    Vercel Labs has introduced Zero, an experimental systems programming language designed for AI agents rather than human developers. The language emphasizes a specific toolchain contract, structured error messages, and native binaries, and is currently at version 0.3.4. It remains under active development with a focus on small size, speed, and agent-friendly usability.

  • 6Hacker News·7/26/2026open_source
    Vercel releases Scriptc, a TypeScript-to-native compiler

    Scriptc is a Vercel Labs project that compiles TypeScript to native binaries without bundling a JavaScript engine. The repository presents it as an experimental tool aimed at producing smaller, faster standalone executables for server-side use. Community discussion on Hacker News focused on its design, performance tradeoffs, and developer experience.