Vercel Fluid Compute Now Runs 15M Builds Daily, Unifying Functions, Sandboxes and Builds on One System
soleio · x · 2026-09-03
Vercel details how Fluid Compute unifies sandboxes, functions, builds and servers as expressions of one compute system that assembles the machine each workload needs on demand.
Key points:
- Fluid now runs over 15 million builds a day, 25 million sandboxes a week, and a trillion requests a month
- Functions, sandboxes and builds share the same underpinnings: Hive, Fluid images, and Vercel Drives
- The thesis: iteration velocity is now set by how quickly you can provision compute for your app or agent
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