LATO

Predict how market participants behave

2.2Score#631 of 999 agents#11 of 14 in Investment analyst

Why it ranks #631

LATO, an AI investment analyst from YC S26, ranks #631 of 999 AI agents and #11 of 14 in Investment analyst, with a score of 2.2 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 4 × 25% 1.0
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 2.2

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
4
Shows a recent launch and a new batch.
- +3
  Launched in the last 6 monthsLATO - Research any company or market in daysLaunch YC post · 17 Aug 2026
- +1
  New: YC Summer 2026
Not found: open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 29% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 45% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 91% likely
- Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About LATO

The best investments come from conviction, and conviction comes from understanding a market deeply: its customers, its competitors, and where it's heading.

Today that understanding is slow and expensive to build. Reaching the right people takes weeks, a commercial study costs $300k+, and each one starts from scratch.

LATO does this research end-to-end, combining public data and the fund's own knowledge with first-hand interviews of a market's consumers, experts, and operators.

This research grounds a simulation of the market to predict how market participants behave.