About
Founder of The Token Company, which builds Bear-2, a compression model that reduces LLM input sizes to enable more context with fewer tokens.
Founder at The Token CompanyYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Otso went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran The Token Company's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Otso can intro founders to The Token Company's investors below.
The Token Company's investors · 4
Experience
- The Token Company (YC W26)Foundercurrent2025 — present
Education
- Y CombinatorW26
- FR8
- Z Fellows
- Otaniemen LukioHigh School, Physics and Mathematics
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator1,463
Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City
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