# How Tailscale built a customer-facing model router on AI Gateway

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- Publisher: Vercel
- Author credit: Eric Dodds; Susan Aziz
- Category: AI
- Original publication time: 2026-09-11T04:00:00Z
- Original update time: 2026-09-11T04:00:00Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T20:28:47Z
- Original source: https://vercel.com/blog/how-tailscale-built-a-customer-facing-model-router-on-ai-gateway
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-2048b6466e2aa3adcc3e

## The brief

Vercel's case study describes Tailscale's Aperture routing model requests through AI Gateway and running agents in Vercel Sandbox. Access follows tailnet identity instead of issuing each agent provider keys. Tailscale says this let it move from prototype to paying customers in months. The integration exposes request costs and can restrict routing to providers supporting zero data retention.

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Read the full original: [Vercel](https://vercel.com/blog/how-tailscale-built-a-customer-facing-model-router-on-ai-gateway)

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