NEAR AI Cloud API achieves OpenAI compatibility for developers

The easiest API migration in the AI space right now might be switching from OpenAI to something that keeps your data private. NEAR AI Cloud launched full OpenAI compatibility on December 3, 2025, meaning developers can redirect existing OpenAI client code toward NEAR’s infrastructure by changing one URL and swapping in a NEAR AI API key. What the API actually does The technical setup supports both chat completions and legacy completions endpoints, the two formats that cover the vast majority of production OpenAI integrations. Python and JavaScript SDKs work out of the box. Beyond basic completions, the API supports tool calling and structured outputs. The routing architecture directs requests either through a central gateway or directly to model-specific endpoints running inside Trusted Execution Environments. A TEE is a hardware-enforced private computation chamber inside a server chip, meaning the model processes your data in an environment that even the host machine’s operator cannot inspect. NEAR’s TEE-hosted models, including GLM 5.2 variants, run inside Intel TDX combined with NVIDIA confidential computing hardware. Every request carries a complete attestation, which is a cry...