Founder of a listed tool
Ryan Sproule
Named behind 2 listings on Anchor Terminal.
What Ryan builds
Agentzon D · Commerce & checkout
Online store for household essentials that agents can search and buy from through a JSON API. Sells 466 purchasable items shipped within the U.S. by Merit Systems Inc, with payment on a private checkout page.
Co-founder and CTO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
OpenInstinct F · Personal assistants
OpenInstinct is an open-source iMessage assistant that a person deploys into their own Vercel account. It uses a cloud browser to book tickets, order groceries and fill forms, with saved logins and cards kept in an encrypted vault.
Co-founder and CTO, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Mason Hall Head of Strategy; Agentzon launch contributor
- Sam Ragsdale Co-founder and CEO
Questions
Who is Ryan Sproule?
Ryan Sproule is co-founder and CTO of Merit Systems, which builds tools for AI agents to pay for and use services across the web. He was a software engineer at AWS and then a research engineer at Blockchain Capital, where he worked on technical research and investments and advised portfolio company boards.
What does Merit Systems, Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists Agentzon and OpenInstinct from Merit Systems, Inc.. Online store for household essentials that agents can search and buy from through a JSON API. Sells 466 purchasable items shipped within the U.S. by Merit Systems Inc, with payment on a private checkout page.
How are Ryan's tools graded?
Agentzon is graded D, 51.4 out of 100; OpenInstinct is graded F, 22.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (16)
- https://agentzon.co/terms
- https://www.blockchaincapital.com/blog/merit-a-new-economy-for-open-source
- https://x.com/samrags_
- https://x.com/rsproule
- https://merit.systems/blog/fundraise
- https://www.google.com/search?q=Merit+Systems+Sam+Ragsdale+Ryan+Sproule+Mason+Hall+founders+X
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hallmason
- https://x.com/0xMasonH
- https://merit.systems
- https://x.com/merit_systems
- https://agentzon.co/
- https://agentzon.co
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/16/merit-systems-raises-10-million-from-a16z-blockchain-capital.html
- https://openinstinct.sh
- https://merit.systems/contact
- https://github.com/Merit-Systems/OpenInstinct
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