Ship 2025 keynote
Guillermo Rauch · Jun 25, 2025 · 45m
Summary
Vercel repositioned as the AI Cloud: infrastructure for AI apps and agents with the developer experience it built for frontends. Launches included Active CPU pricing for Fluid compute, the Vercel Sandbox for untrusted code, Rolling Releases, BotID bot protection built with Kasada and Vercel Agent for AI-assisted investigation.
Key themes: Cloud, Agents, Pricing · AI-written summary from the published transcript
- 1Vercel called its platform the AI Cloud, purpose-built for AI apps and agents8:55
- 2Fluid compute moved to Active CPU pricing, an across-the-board price reduction15:18
- 3The Vercel Sandbox isolates untrusted or AI-generated code16:49
- 4Rolling Releases let teams roll changes out to production users gradually26:53
- 5Bot protection built with Kasada, which already protects v0 and vercel.com, is available to customers (BotID)39:31
- 6Vercel Agent explains root causes of anomalies in plain language and proposes firewall rules43:58
Announced
2 available the same day| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Active CPU pricingPrice reduction for Fluid compute | GA |
| Vercel SandboxIsolated execution for untrusted code | Preview |
| Rolling ReleasesGradual production rollouts | Announced |
| BotIDBot protection with Kasada | GA |
| Vercel AgentAI investigations and proposed defenses | Preview |
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About this keynote
Keynote page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNmO7fDiyuE
On stage
- Guillermo RauchFounder and CEO, Vercel
Companies named: Kasada, Vercel
Last changed 2026-09-24.
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