Summary
On September 10, 2026, Vercel made Tako Search, live web search usable by any model routed through Vercel AI Gateway, free through September 30, 2026, giving developers a no-cost way to add real-time web grounding to AI Gateway apps and agents.
What changed
Tako Search, a live web-search tool, is available at no cost for any AI Gateway model through September 30, 2026.
Why it matters
Bundling a free web-search tool into AI Gateway lowers the friction of adding real-time retrieval to agents and chat apps without wiring up a separate search provider. Time-boxed free access is a distribution play to pull tool usage, and model routing, onto Vercel's gateway.
Evidence excerpt
Tako Search is free on AI Gateway through September 30: live web search for any AI Gateway model available at no cost through month-end.