Fundraising Fox

Tien Chu

Founder

Founder at LATO

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedLATO · YC

About

Tien Chu is a co-founder at LATO. He previously held machine learning and software engineering roles in enterprise research and development, research laboratories, and early-stage companies. He studied computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at the University of Warsaw.

Founder at LATOYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Tien went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran LATO's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Tien can intro founders to LATO's investors below.

LATO's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at LATO

TSTymek Staniszewski
Tymek StaniszewskiFounder

Experience

  1. LATO (YC S26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Self-employedML & Software Consultant2024 — 2025
  3. CitiHaskell Software Engineer2021 — 2023
  4. CalmsieFounding Engineer2020 — 2021
  5. TensorflightStudent Researcher2018 — 2019
  6. Samsung ElectronicsNatural Language Processing Intern2018
  7. KreditechSoftware Engineering Intern2017

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tien Chu?
Tien Chu is a co-founder at LATO. He previously held machine learning and software engineering roles in enterprise research and development, research laboratories, and early-stage companies. He studied computer science, mathematics, and philosophy at the University of Warsaw.
Where does Tien Chu work?
Tien Chu is Founder of LATO.
What companies did Tien Chu found?
Tien Chu founded LATO.
Where did Tien Chu go to school?
Tien Chu studied at University of Warsaw (Graduate studies, Computer Science); University of Warsaw (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); Y Combinator (S26).

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