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Mercury 3 now available on AI Gateway
This is distribution, and it matters. Vercel bundling Mercury 3 into AI Gateway means developers can swap it in without changing API calls. The 50% launch discount is typical, but availability on a neutral platform reduces vendor lock-in. For builders picking a fast model, you now have easy access without arguing about pricing. For Inception, this signals they need distribution partners to compete with larger players. For Vercel, this is them becoming the operating system for model selection.