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Control without the sprawl: how Mercor unlocked hundreds of builders with Vercel

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Mercor connects domain experts with frontier AI labs, generating the human data used to train and evaluate leading models. Behind the platform, hundreds of business users build the apps their work depends on, and engineering teams tap a wide range of open-weight and closed models. The challenge: doing both without the business losing track of what's shipping, who has access, and what it costs. See how Mercor, with Vercel, built a managed identity layer every app inherits by default and gained full observability into who is spending and where, on a foundation that scales to the agents it's building next.

What you’ll take away

  • Explore an identity layer that applications inherit by default.
  • Make application access and model spend visible across teams.
  • Support a growing builder community without losing governance.

Speaker

Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown

Head of Security, IT, and GRC · Mercor

Aaron Brown leads Security, IT, and GRC at Mercor. His Ship session explores how hundreds of builders can ship applications without losing control of identity, access, or cost, drawing on Mercor's approach to managed identity and spend visibility on Vercel.

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  • Control without the sprawl: how Mercor unlocked hundreds of builders with VercelOctober 15 · 3:05 PM–3:20 PM · Main Stage

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