YCS26· AI· DataLATO
Predict how market participants behave
Founders
- Tymek StaniszewskiFounder/CEO
- Tien ChuFounder/CTO
Same space
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About LATO
The best investments come from conviction, and conviction comes from understanding a market deeply: its customers, its competitors, and where it's heading. Today that understanding is slow and expensive to build. Reaching the right people takes weeks, a commercial study costs $300k+, and each one starts from scratch. LATO does this research end-to-end, combining public data and the fund's own knowledge with first-hand interviews of a market's consumers, experts, and operators. This research grounds a simulation of the market to predict how market participants behave.
San Francisco, CA, USA
LATO: questions
Which YC batch was LATO in?
LATO was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).
Is LATO still active?
Y Combinator lists LATO as active.
Who founded LATO?
LATO's founders, as listed on its YC page: Tymek Staniszewski (Founder/CEO), Tien Chu (Founder/CTO).
Where is LATO based?
LATO lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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