Elena Burger
Elena Burger currently works in new media at Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, she was the head of research at Merit Systems and also worked at Lattice.
Past Roles
News Mentions
New open-source @agentcashdev router lets teams make their API discoverable and payable by agents on Solana using @x402 @merit_systems has already processed 765K micropayments in 2026 https://x.com/OnchainLu/status/2077419510332592457?s=20
Merit Systems marked as ‘Questionable’ on Ethos Network after researcher drained $20K from AI wallet
ironically the only crypto app I use now is @merit_systems disclosure: I angel invested long before the product is what it is now, what I initially invested in was not this, but im glad it is this now
🚨 Ep. 8 of Agentic Commerce: Real Agentic Commerce Volume Is $30K a Month @sytaylor & @bamazizimesh are joined by: 👉 @samrags_, Founder & CEO, @merit_systems To discuss: 🌐 Blockchain enables massive scale for agentic transactions ❗️ Cognitive friction was the real barrier to microtransaction
The agentic economy is coming > x402 txns hit the highest point in the last 5 months > Gradual increase in agentic vol $60k - $90k > Most of the demand goes to 3 providers > @BlockRunAI models/tools, @merit_systems tools, @Vishwa_lab pre-execution control layer OpenRouter Fusion proved that you
If you work in BD/GTM, StableEnrich from @merit_systems is a huge unlock. It makes target account research fast and accessible without needing a large enterprise subscription to ZoomInfo, Apollo, or similar tools. The best part: the API is discoverable from any LLM via x402. And if you want a bun
🎥 chatting live with @shafu0x about building with ai, agentic payments/wallets, x402scan, merit systems... 👨🏫 cypherpunk pedagogy meets agentic payments 🫡 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1XxyggLBqZkGM
tried @poncho_ai by @merit_systems and created a small project for fun text it a business idea > it replies with a x402 plan to launch it. done in a few prompts, pretty cool 👇
Had a great time presenting on @x402 with @_rishinsharma from @solana today! We covered the core problems x402 is tackling (open tool discovery/bundling, economic reasoning, autonomous runtimes). We wrapped with live demo with @CoinbaseDev awal – chaining together a search around the latest soci
Live in a few hours: an AI agent paying for an API call in stablecoins, demoed end to end. @_rishinsharma and @kleffew94 talk agentic payments at 12:30 PM ET Last chance to register -> https://t.co/wNo0LsA1dL