Jev has become the fastest adopted AI model ever according to Vercel data published on Thursday. Within two weeks of its launch on September 15, the decision model was used by 35% of paid teams. This figure is nearly double the reach of the second most popular model, Sonnet 5.5, and represents the quickest adoption speed in the first two weeks for any model. The creators, TypeSafe AI, have achieved a major accomplishment with this release.
The model is designed as a lightweight tool for choosing between a few predetermined outputs. Limiting the outputs lets the model run cheaper and faster than alternatives like Sonnet, making it ideal for classifying large quantities of data quickly. This approach has attracted significant buzz in the weeks since Jev’s release, inspiring competing offerings from OpenAI and Amazon, among others. Until now there has been little hard data to back up the good vibes. The data comes from Vercel’s AI gateway, a unified API service similar to OpenRouter. It is a necessarily limited view, particularly at risk of undercounting major labs like OpenAI and Anthropic that offer their own APIs, but it shows the buzz around Jev really did translate into actual usage. In fact, Vercel was an early adopter of Jev, using it to replace GPT-6 Luna for classifying harmful commands. The report also shows continuing momentum for open source models, which now account for more than 70% of the tokens processed through Vercel’s gateway and nearly 25% of the total spend. While open source models are capturing a larger share of the market, the market is also growing fast. Spending on frontier labs has grown tenfold, even as it accounts for a smaller share of overall spend, giving credence to the idea that frontier models and open source alternatives may turn out to be complementary rather than competitive.
- 35% of paid teams adopted the model in two weeks
- TypeSafe AI created the lightweight decision tool
- Vercel replaced GPT-6 Luna with Jev for safety checks
