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By Zimbo · September 19, 2026

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An "AI GATEWAY" tollbooth cartoon. Robot-driven trucks labeled Llama, Mistral, Qwen, and DeepSeek jam a lane under "OPEN WEIGHTS 80%," while a yellow Rolls-Royce labeled "OPUS 4.8, 1.8% TOKENS" breezes through a VIP lane marked "18.9% SPEND," flinging cash as a cat rides the money.
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Open-weight models carry 80% of the traffic through Vercel's AI Gateway. The costliest model still gets waved through the VIP lane.

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