# Mikkel Wad Thorsen

> Mikkel Wad Thorsen is the co-founder and CEO of Teton, a Copenhagen-founded company building computer-vision systems for hospitals and care homes. Trained in design, computing, and product development at the Technical University of Denmark, he has taken Teton from hands-on fieldwork in a provincial Danish hospital to an international expansion backed by a $20 million Series A.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Teton
- **Organizations:** Teton, Technical University of Denmark, University of California, Berkeley
- **Education:** MSc in Design and Innovation; focus on computer science, digital product design, and product management, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Exchange studies in robotics, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Undergraduate studies, Aalborg University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Teton in 2020 and led it from an early hospital deployment to international operations., Led Teton through a $20 million Series A in September 2025., Helped secure Teton's selection as an early startup user of Denmark's Gefion AI supercomputer.

## Career timeline

- **2018-2019** — Worked as a teaching assistant at the Technical University of Denmark.
- **2019** — Worked as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.
- **2020** — Co-founded Teton with Esben Klint Thorius and became CEO.
- **2022** — Brought Teton's first product, Nightingale, to market after roughly two and a half years of development.
- **2023** — Teton announced a $5.3 million seed round led by Plural.
- **2024** — Teton was selected as an early startup user of Denmark's Gefion AI supercomputer.
- **2025** — Teton announced a $20 million Series A led by Plural to expand in Europe and the United States.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Teton in 2020 and led it from an early hospital deployment to international operations.
- Led Teton through a $20 million Series A in September 2025.
- Helped secure Teton's selection as an early startup user of Denmark's Gefion AI supercomputer.
- Built a team that Teton reported had grown beyond 80 employees by 2026.
- Helped take Teton's first product to market after approximately two and a half years of development.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Announced Teton's $20 million Series A led by Plural, with plans for U.S. expansion, deeper European presence, and team growth.
- **2025-08** — Presented Teton's senior-living and hospital platform in a Rethinking Aging Club project update.
- **2024-11** — Discussed using the Gefion supercomputer to train models on longer sequences of care activity and explore digital twins of care environments.

## Links

- Website: https://www.teton.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikkel-wad-thorsen

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Last updated: 2026-08-27