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David Herel

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Co-founder and Technical Lead at BottleCap AI

Herel develops language models that reason with less computation. He co-created “thinking tokens,” learned markers that give a model extra internal steps, and studied how models deteriorate when repeatedly trained on their own output; he now co-leads efficiency-focused startup BottleCap AI.

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Co-founder and Technical Lead
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Last editorial review: August 9, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Jun 15, '26795938Aug 25, '25Jun 15, '26
79citations as of Jun 15, '26+41 since Aug 25, '25
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