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.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — 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.
Experience
- The Token Company (YC W26)Foundercurrent2025 — present
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Otso Veisterä?
- Founder of The Token Company, which builds Bear-2, a compression model that reduces LLM input sizes to enable more context with fewer tokens.
- Where does Otso Veisterä work?
- Otso Veisterä is Founder of The Token Company.
- What companies did Otso Veisterä found?
- Otso Veisterä founded The Token Company.
- Where did Otso Veisterä go to school?
- Otso Veisterä studied at Y Combinator (W26); FR8; Z Fellows.
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