Vercel shifts its platform toward agents: Python goes GA and always-on workers enter beta
At Ship 2026, Vercel shifted its platform from frontend hosting toward agent infrastructure, announcing that Python is now generally available on Vercel and introducing Vercel Daemons in public beta for continuously running background workers. The platform also pairs agent-facing command-line access, connectors, and persistent workspaces so agents can deploy software, be deployed, and take part in operating the platform itself. The stated scope covers running FastAPI, Flask, or Django with standard CPython, with the platform keeping a set instance count and replacing failed workers.