The Token Company

The Token Company builds LLM input-compression middleware. A single API call runs a prompt, a full chat conversation, or web-search results through their bear compression models (bear-2 latest, plus bear-1.2/1.1/1) to strip low-signal tokens before the text reaches a language model, cutting cost and latency while preserving output quality. It ships drop-in Python and Node.js SDKs that wrap the OpenAI, Anthropic, Vercel AI SDK, and OpenRouter clients so existing apps compress automatically, plus content-protection (ttc_safe) tags, per-app usage tagging, and a zero-data-retention policy. A Y Combinator (W26) company based in San Francisco.

The Token Company publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Compression API and Search API. Tagged areas include Company, LLM, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Compression, and Tokens.

The Token Company’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, support, pricing, signup flow, and 22 more developer resources.

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36.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

1 APIs

Company LLM Artificial IntelligencePrompt CompressionTokens Cost Optimization Developer Tools Middleware

Kin Score

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 36.2/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 11.9 / 18

Access Clarity 10.9 / 18

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 12

Contract Governance 0.5 / 11

Discoverability 6.8 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

The Token Company Compression API

Prompt and conversation compression

The Token Company Search API

Compressed web search

Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

The Token Company Compression API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Token Company Compression Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

The Token Company Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

The Token Company Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

The Token Company Trust Center

HIPAA

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCatalog

Conventions

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

TrustCenter

Compliance

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

StatusPage

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: the-token-company
name: The Token Company
description: The Token Company builds LLM input-compression middleware. A single API call runs a prompt, a full chat conversation,
  or web-search results through their bear compression models (bear-2 latest, plus bear-1.2/1.1/1) to strip low-signal tokens
  before the text reaches a language model, cutting cost and latency while preserving output quality. It ships drop-in Python
  and Node.js SDKs that wrap the OpenAI, Anthropic, Vercel AI SDK, and OpenRouter clients so existing apps compress automatically,
  plus content-protection (ttc_safe) tags, per-app usage tagging, and a zero-data-retention policy. A Y Combinator (W26) company
  based in San Francisco.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-token-company/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 18
  pass: local-v1
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
image: https://thetokencompany.com/favicon.ico
tags:
- Company
- LLM
- Artificial Intelligence
- Prompt Compression
- Tokens
- Cost Optimization
- Developer Tools
- Middleware
tags_raw:
- Company
- LLM
- Artificial Intelligence
- Prompt Compression
- Tokens
- Cost Optimization
- Developer Tools
- Middleware
- API
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: the-token-company:the-token-company-compression-api
  name: The Token Company Compression API
  description: Prompt and conversation compression
  humanURL: https://thetokencompany.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thetokencompany.com
  tags:
  - Compression
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-token-company-compression-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-token-company:the-token-company-search-api
  name: The Token Company Search API
  description: Compressed web search
  humanURL: https://thetokencompany.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thetokencompany.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-token-company-search-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thetokencompany.com/
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/the-token-company-overlay.yaml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/the-token-company-domain-security.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/docs
- type: Documentation
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/docs/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/contact
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/TheTokenCompany
- type: Pricing
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.thetokencompany.com
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/terms-and-conditions
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://thetokencompany.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.thetokencompany.com/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.thetokencompany.com
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.thetokencompany.com
- type: Packages
  url: packages/the-token-company-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/the-token-company-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/the-token-company-authentication.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/the-token-company-problem-types.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/the-token-company-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/the-token-company-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/the-token-company-changelog.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/the-token-company-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/the-token-company-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/the-token-company-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/the-token-company-data-model.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml

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