Two Dots
YC S22San Francisco, US · Founded 2022 · 28 employees · Hiring · 2 known investors
Two Dots uses technology and first-principles thinking to solve real-world problems, with a focus on practical AI applications for commercial impact. The company serves clients across the US and draws talent from technology, financial services, and academia.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechPropTechArtificial IntelligenceReal EstateB2BMLUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S22)
Two Dots was founded in 2022 by Henson Orser and Max Ponte.
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Henson Orserin𝕏CEO & Co-FounderHenson Orser spent four years in foreign exchange trading at Goldman Sachs, covering hedge fund clients, and two years selling software to property managers before co-founding Two Dots. He studied at a gifted program school in the Bay Area.
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Max Ponte
Investors · 2
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The YC application· Summer 2022 batch
Alumni Q&A
- How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
- The two founders met as friends at a middle school for gifted children in the Bay Area. One founder spent four years in Goldman's FX trading group covering hedge funds, then two years as the fourth employee at a company selling software to property managers, where he found that leasing was their largest unsolved problem. He reached out to the other founder, who had worked on income verification for mortgages at Blend and was at Google's search team; the second founder left Google a few months later to start Two Dots, using transformer-based AI to build an end-to-end solution.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
Competitors · 4
by search overlapTwodots Game42 shared keywordsTwo Dots is a puzzle mobile game with a webstore where players can purchase Gold and Booster bundle packs used to buy extra moves, boosters, and other in-game items.
Helpshift36 shared keywordsHelpshift is an AI-native player engagement platform for game studios, combining in-game support SDKs, AI agents, and human services to handle player support, VIP engagement, trust & safety moderation, and community management. It offers an end-to-end system covering the full player lifecycle across mobile, PC, web, console, and channels like Discord and forums.
Snappt19 shared keywordsSnappt offers an AI-powered verification platform for property managers that detects document fraud, verifies income through payroll and banking data, checks rental payment history, and confirms applicant identity across the leasing process. It serves the multifamily/residential property management industry to reduce fraudulent rental applications.
Welcome to the Jungle17 shared keywordsWelcome to the Jungle operates a job matching platform for tech roles, connecting job seekers with companies through AI-driven recommendations and rich company profiles. The platform serves both job candidates and employers across France, the UK, and the US.
Companies competing with Two Dots for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Two Dots do?
- Two Dots uses technology and first-principles thinking to solve real-world problems, with a focus on practical AI applications for commercial impact. The company serves clients across the US and draws talent from technology, financial services, and academia.
- Who founded Two Dots?
- Two Dots was founded by Henson Orser, Max Ponte in 2022.
- Who are Two Dots's investors?
- Two Dots's investors include Y Combinator, Amino Capital.
- Where is Two Dots headquartered?
- Two Dots is headquartered in San Francisco, US.