Recreate a company's market
LATO runs agent-native research for investors,
interviewing the market at scale and turning it into decision-ready analysis
Used by
“I've worked with LATO on multiple deals and portfolio companies, and it brought valuable insights every time” Tejas Choudhary · Principal 
“LATO found candidates in Japan, from local sources that are hard to reach” Till Hoelzer · Managing Director 
To invest with conviction, you need the insights that matter
Today, getting them is
Expert calls, consultants, and surveys take weeks to line up and run
A full commercial diligence costs $400k+
You re-explain the deal to every provider, from scratch, every time
LATO delivers these insights in hours, not weeks,
at a fraction of the cost and with your context
Design a full study with AI and 4M+ verified people,
or get a fast read in minutes
Tailored studies
built on primary research
Describe the research you need, and LATO runs the interviews, gathers the sources, and delivers the analysis
Each study combines primary and secondary research,
and creates a simulation of the market
State-of-the-art
voice AI interviews
LATO runs hundreds of dynamic, AI-moderated voice interviews with customers and experts, listening to tone, sentiment, and conviction
Your fund's company brain and public sources
Each study draws on your fund's company brain, made up of your own data and everything LATO has learned for you, alongside public filings, news, and market data
A company's market, simulated
Each study turns your interviews into a simulation of the market, built on what real people said. Ask follow-up questions and run new scenarios without going back to the field
LATO works in the tools you already use, and in its own platform
Personal research agent
LATO works alongside you right in your email and Slack. Ask it to source a company, pull together a morning brief, or prep for a meeting, without ever leaving the tools you already work in
Platform
One place to run studies, direct the agent, and search everything your fund has learned. Every study and interview is saved, so your knowledge compounds over time
Add-ins
Work with LATO inside Excel. Pull any study, number, or source straight into your models, and ask for research without leaving the spreadsheet
LATO is useful across every deal stage,
from sourcing to portfolio support
01 · Sourcing
Find deals first
Surface companies, founders, and operators before anyone else
02 · Triage
Screen inbound fast
A quick read on any target before you commit real time
03 · Diligence
Diligence every deal
Full commercial diligence on demand, on any deal
04 · Value creation
Bring value to portcos
Add-on targets and customer research for companies you own
Security by design
You trust us with your most sensitive data, and protecting it shapes how we build LATO
Encrypted
TLS in transit, AES-256 at rest
No training on your data
Your data is never used to train AI models
SOC 2 · ISO 27001In progress
Independent audits underway
GDPR compliant
Full EU data protection compliance
Built by investors, for investors
The best investment decisions come from insight, from understanding a market deeply enough to act with conviction. That insight takes weeks, is expensive and disconnected from your knowledge.
We are building LATO to change that.
It runs AI interviews at scale, grounds every study in your fund's context and public sources, and creates a simulation of the market you can question.
We pair years of investing experience with deep AI engineering to bring this to you. Reach out at founders@latolabs.io and we'll put LATO to work.
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