If Open Source is going to lead us through an era of commodity silicon intelligence where 10x engineers become 1000x engineers, it's through humanity's most successful tool for society-wide abundance: capitalism. 

We need freer markets for software. Today there is immense friction between supply and demand for software. 

Walled gardens with extractive app stores, profit deserts created by Big Tech monopolies, and legal structures written in the 19th century stand in our path.

Merit Systems is building tools to remove the friction of monetizing Open Source. We'll lay the rails for attribution so builders own the fruits of their labor. 

We're refining the factory for innovation and creating systems to focus the world's best minds towards humanity's biggest challenges.

Read our manifesto here. Join the waitlist to get early access (use Github!)

www.merit.systems/manifesto

Our seed round was led by @a16zcrypto and Blockchain Capital with participation from Farcaster's very own @dwr.eth and others

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

We back bold entrepreneurs building the next internet. 
a16zcrypto.com/

Hiring engineers with a passion for building. Help us let open source builders thrive. https://www.merit.systems/careers