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  • Tier E · AI roll-ups and AI-native service firms

Harper

AI-native commercial insurance brokerage for small and medium businesses; AI handles submission routing, underwriter follow-ups, document collection and pipeline management.

Segment
AI-native SMB commercial insurance brokerage (de novo, not a roll-up)
Based
US

Key facts

  • FoundedReported

    Launched 2024 (YC W25)

    techcrunch.com · 25 Feb 2026

  • FundingReported

    $46.8 million combined Series A and seed; Series A led by Emergence; investors YC, Lobster Capital, Peak XV; valuation not disclosed

    techcrunch.com · 25 Feb 2026

  • CustomersCompany says

    More than 5,000 customers to date (CEO)

    techcrunch.com · 25 Feb 2026

  • Company says

    CEO claims: a traditional broker takes five to seven days, Harper often one to two; a human team handles 20-30 deals a month, the AI more than 1,000 customers a month

    techcrunch.com · 25 Feb 2026

What they sell

  • Commercial insurance brokerage for SMBs, AI-operated

Sells to: SMB commercial insurance customers

Pains they address

  • Slow traditional broker placement
  • Submission routing, underwriter follow-ups, document collection

How they sell

Headline
Business insurance that works for you
Subheading
You make one call, we make the rest.

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