# LATO

[LATO on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/lato)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.latolabs.io/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lato)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lato)
- [X](https://x.com/lato_ai)

## About

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## YC company profile

Predict how market participants behave

LATO is the agent-native research and simulation system that lets investors and companies test any thesis. Funds managing $400bn+ use LATO, including General Atlantic, Hg, Generation, NEA and Verdane, along with their portfolio companies.

We’re backed by leading funds including Y Combinator, Air Street Capital and Axiom Partners. Our angels include Paul Graham and co-founders of Vercel, ElevenLabs, Snowflake and Rogo. LATO was founded by a former private equity investor and an AI/ML engineer.

- **YC batch:** Summer 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **Tags:** B2B, Investing, Market Research, AI
- **YC partner:** Gustaf Alstromer

## Founders

### Tymek Staniszewski — Founder/CEO

Co-Founder at LATO - we predict how market participants behave
Previously 6 years in private equity at Verdane ($11B AUM)

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tymeks/) · [X](https://x.com/tymek_st)

### Tien Chu — Founder/CTO

Co-Founder at LATO (S26), the agent-native research and simulation platform for investors. Previously ML and SWE across enterprise R&D, research labs, and early-stage startups. Studied CS, Math, and Philosophy at University of Warsaw.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chutien/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lato) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Tien Chu](https://hacklab.so/tien-chu) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Tymek Staniszewski](https://hacklab.so/tymek-staniszewski) — Founder/CEO (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Founding Commercial Lead](https://hacklab.so/jobs/8609e1ee-6d2e-5731-b05c-50f7bca34d1e) — Full\-time · Remote · London, UK / New York, NY / San Francisco, CA, US / Remote \(US\) · $100K \- $200K · 0\.50% \- 1\.00% equity