Tommy Tsai
| Tommy Tsai | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, software engineer |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founder of Keet (YC S24) |
| Education | Cornell University (B.S., Computer Science) |
Tommy Tsai is an American entrepreneur and software engineer who is the co-founder of Keet, a startup that provides authentication infrastructure for AI agents. Keet was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2024 batch.[1]
Early life and education
Tsai attended Fox Chapel Area High School. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Cornell University.
Career
Before founding Keet, Tsai held product management positions at major technology companies. In 2022, he worked as a Product Manager for Contact Intelligence at Intapp, a software firm serving the professional and financial services industries. In 2023, he served as a Product Manager at Microsoft.
In 2024, Tsai co-founded Keet alongside Zack Ashen. The company, based in New York City, develops authentication and integration tools designed for AI agents and automated software systems. Keet enables developers to connect their customers' accounts and perform actions on their behalf across various web platforms, including legacy enterprise software and consumer websites. The service manages authenticated sessions and provides integrations through an API and SDK.[2]
Keet's core product addresses a technical challenge in the growing AI agent ecosystem: allowing automated systems to securely authenticate with and access third-party platforms on behalf of users. Use cases include accessing healthcare data systems and interacting with professional networking platforms such as LinkedIn. The company positions itself in the intersection of artificial intelligence, developer tools, and business-to-business software.
The company also offers customer onboarding automation capabilities, allowing businesses to extract, validate, and upload data from a new customer's previous platform. This process is designed to replace manual data migration work typically performed by implementation managers. Customers authenticate through a secure login portal, and extracted data is mapped to the receiving company's schema before being reviewed and uploaded.[2]
Keet was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch, which provided early validation and support for the company's approach to AI agent authentication.[1]
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