Adding AI to Laravel in 2026: The Complete Modern Guide (Laravel AI SDK, Prism, OpenAI, Claude & More)
This post is a practical guide for Laravel developers who want to integrate AI features into their applications in 2025. It covers the official Laravel AI SDK, the Prism PHP package, direct API integration with OpenAI and Anthropic Claude, vector search with pgvector and Pinecone, AI-powered queues, and Livewire AI chat components. Written by Gurpreet Singh, a Laravel developer with 8+ years of experience building SaaS and AI-powered applications.