The Token Company

The Token Company sells prompt compression models and an API to teams building LLM applications, removing low-signal tokens before inputs reach a language model.

StageUndisclosed
Founded—
HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA
StatusPrivate
thetokencompany.com

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TrimioUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Trimio both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareRespanEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Respan AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareEden AIEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Eden AI both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareNot DiamondUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Not Diamond Code both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareLiteLLMEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Auto Router both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, application and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareFireworks AILate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Fireworks Nexus both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; The Token Company's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareKilo CodeAcquiredThe Token Company LLM input compression and Kilo Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; The Token Company's scale not recorded; Kilo Code is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareRequestyEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Requesty AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareLangWatchUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and LangWatch AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareHugging FaceLate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Inference Providers both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareAI SpendOpsUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and AI SpendOps both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareAssemblyAILate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and AssemblyAI LLM Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareBrowserbaseEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Browserbase Model Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareMastraEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Mastra Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareCore42UndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Core42 Compass both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareAI21 LabsLate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and AI21 Intelligent Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; The Token Company's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareDatadogPublicThe Token Company LLM input compression and AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; The Token Company's scale not recorded.Shared product typeCompareOpenCodeUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and OpenCode Go both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareTypeSafe AIEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Jev both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships model API rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareQuoraEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Poe API both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareTrueFoundryEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and TrueFoundry AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareHeliconeAcquiredThe Token Company LLM input compression and Helicone AI Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded; Helicone is acquired, with no independent scale.Shared product typeCompareRedisUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Redis LangCache both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareDatabricksLate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Unity Gateway both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API and track and cut what we spend on AI models; The Token Company's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, agent platform and 6 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareOpenRouterLate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and OpenRouter both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareOllamaEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Ollama Cloud both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service and model API rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareHuawei CloudUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and MaaS both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareNAVER CloudUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Papago Translation both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareSpendlineUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Spendline both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareBlackbox AIUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Blackbox Router both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareNebius GroupPublicThe Token Company LLM input compression and Nebius Token Factory both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareVolcano EngineUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and BytePlus ModelArk both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, agent platform and 4 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareModularAcquiredThe Token Company LLM input compression and Modular Cloud both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded; Modular is acquired, with no independent scale; ships developer tool and infrastructure service rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareRunPodLate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Public Endpoints both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded; ships developer tool, infrastructure service and 2 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareFactoryLate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Factory Router both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; The Token Company's scale not recorded; ships AI agent, developer tool and 1 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareLambdaLate-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Lambda Inference both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships infrastructure service and model API rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareComet MLEarly-stageThe Token Company LLM input compression and Cost Intelligence both serve buyers who need to track and cut what we spend on AI models; scale not recorded for either; ships AI agent, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareInworld AIUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Realtime Router both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompareMaxim AIUndisclosedThe Token Company LLM input compression and Bifrost both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; scale not recorded for either; ships application, infrastructure service and 1 more rather than the same layer.Different layerCompareElasticPublicThe Token Company LLM input compression and Elastic Inference Service both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded; ships agent platform, application and 3 more rather than the same layer.1 of 1 capabilityDifferent layerCompareFinAcquiredThe Token Company LLM input compression and Fin API Platform both serve buyers who need to build on a hosted model API; The Token Company's scale not recorded; Fin is acquired, with no independent scale.1 of 1 capabilityShared product typeCompare

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Total funding

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Founded

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Public listing

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Description

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

Company page: "Prompt compression that cuts LLM API costs"

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