BREAKING: Merge Launches ‘Agent Handler’
Control AI Access, Tokenmaxxed $$$ Bills, & Stop Mass Data Leaks
"We don't trust agents"
"The second you connect it to tools, that's where everything goes wrong."
OpenAI. Perplexity. Netflix. Uber. Mistral. Dropbox. JPMorgan.. all quietly run on
@merge_api
Co-Founders CEO
@Shensi Ding & CTO
@GilFeig dive into it all
We cover:
- MASSIVE AI Security scares are just starting
- Tokenmaxxing bills
- Agent Handler
- Gateway routing
- Winning enterprise logos
- The SaaSpocalypse
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Shensi Ding & Gil Feig, Co-Founders at Merge
(01:04) Three products. One big bet
(03:20) How Merge made the AI pivot
(04:42) The Classic Innovator’s Dilemma
(05:58) Building culture around AI
(07:10) The leverage nobody’s talking about
(08:52) Codex vs Claude Code
(09:15) The scale nobody knew about
(09:47) SaaS, Finance, and the Biggest AI Labs
(10:46) Why AI companies buy differently
(12:04) What AI sales actually looks like
(13:04) The Fastest sales cycles in the market
(14:35) Why is Cybersecurity broken
(15:59) Merge's solution to agent security
(19:16) Mythos, Wiz, and the GitHub Hack
(22:34) 1,000 Bot signups in one hour
(23:23) Real reason companies pay ransom to hackers
(25:43) The State of AI Infrastructure Costs
(26:41) Internal AI Governance is the next big problem
(29:28) Most Popular Integrations on Merge
(30:54) Big Giants are planning big moves
(31:54) What does Salesforce going headless exactly mean
(33:41) Agents don’t need a UI anymore
(36:59) Can this AI generation actually adapt
(38:25) What Merge looks for in talent
(41:25) The SaaSpocalypse is real
(45:03) Are AI valuations actually insane?
(47:11) How Merge landed OpenAI, Perplexity, Netflix & Uber
(49:02) The Metrics that actually drive the business
(49:58) Biggest misconceptions in tech right now
(51:55) The market is finally catching up to Merge