## About

Neon AI Gateway provides Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct by Alibaba. The model supports text inputs and a 131K context window.

## Command

### Text generation

#### AI SDK

Install:

```bash
npm i ai @neondatabase/ai-sdk-provider
```

```typescript
import { generateText } from "ai";
import { neon } from "@neondatabase/ai-sdk-provider";

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: neon("qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct"),
  prompt: "Explain Serverless Postgres.",
});

console.log(text);
```

#### Mastra

Install:

```bash
npm i @mastra/core
```

```typescript
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "neon-demo",
  name: "neon-demo",
  instructions: "You are a helpful assistant.",
  model: "neon/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct",
});

const { text } = await agent.generate("Explain Serverless Postgres.");
console.log(text);
```

#### TypeScript

Install:

```bash
npm i openai
```

```typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.NEON_AI_GATEWAY_TOKEN,
  baseURL: `${process.env.NEON_AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL}/v1`,
});

const resp = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Explain Serverless Postgres." }],
});
console.log(resp.choices[0].message.content);
```

#### Python

Install:

```bash
pip install openai
```

```python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["NEON_AI_GATEWAY_TOKEN"],
    base_url=f"{os.environ['NEON_AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL']}/v1",
)

resp = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Explain Serverless Postgres."}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
```

#### cURL

```bash
curl "${NEON_AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL}/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${NEON_AI_GATEWAY_TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain Serverless Postgres."}]
  }'
```

**Environment variables**

```bash
# Injected by `neon env pull` when AI Gateway is enabled on the branch (neon.ts preview.aiGateway).
# Neon injects ONLY the NEON_AI_GATEWAY_* vars (not OPENAI_*). Build the OpenAI SDK / curl
# apiKey + baseURL from them: apiKey = NEON_AI_GATEWAY_TOKEN (the bearer, nt_live_...).
#
# NEON_AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL is the bare gateway host (no path). Append the route you need:
#   - `/v1`        - unified Chat Completions and `/v1/embeddings`
#   - `/openai/v1` - OpenAI Responses API
# @neondatabase/ai-sdk-provider and Mastra route requests automatically.

NEON_AI_GATEWAY_TOKEN=nt_live_...
NEON_AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL=https://<branch-id>-api.ai.<cell>.<region>.<cloud>.neon.tech
```

## Model ID

qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct

## Provider

Alibaba provides Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct. Access the model through the Neon AI Gateway using chat/completions.

## Inputs

Text

## Context

131K

## Released

Sep 2025

## Input /M

$0.15

## Output /M

$1.20

***

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## Related pages

- [Add users and authentication](./auth-index.md)
- [AI tools for Agents](./ai-agents-on-neon-index.md)
- [APIs & SDKs](./apis-sdks-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Explore the full platform: functions, object storage, AI Gateway, and more](./neon-docs-index.md)
- [Integrating with Neon](./building-on-neon-index.md)
- [Lakebase Postgres](./postgres-index.md)
- [More](./more-index.md)
- [Neon AI Gateway](./ai-gateway-index.md)
- [Neon community](./community-index.md)

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