Harper
AI-native commercial insurance brokerage
Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveFintechInsuranceFintechInsuranceAI
What they do
Problem
Mid-sized businesses with complex insurance needs face slow, manual brokerage processes that make it hard to secure optimal coverage quickly and cost-effectively.
Solution
An AI-native commercial insurance brokerage that automates key insurance workflows to quote, place, and manage policies with rapid turnaround and competitive pricing.
Who it's for
Mid-sized businesses (and eventually all businesses) that need commercial insurance coverage.
Founders
Dakotah Rice
Founder
CEO @ Harper (W25) Building an AI-native commercial insurance brokerage. prev: Goldman, Carlyle, Coatue, Poolit. Brown '12, HBS dropout '21
Tushar Nair
Founder
CTO @ Harper (W25) prev: Goldman, Poolit. Building an AI native commercial insurance brokerage.
Open roles 14
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Senior Operations Lead
Future AI Founder
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Voice
GTM Engineer
Forward Deployed Engineer
Member of Technical Staff
Founding Account Executive
Recruiting Lead
Founding Product Manager
Special Projects Lead
Head of Customer Experience
Chief of Staff
Account Manager
Company timeline
- Founded2024
- YC batchWinter 2025
- StatusActive
- Team size25 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Similar startups
Corgi Insurance
Corgi is building an AI financial infrastructure company
Bimaplan
Affordable insurance for the next billion Indians
Covela
The digital insurance broker for SMEs in LATAM
Klaimee
Liability insurance for AI Agents. You deploy agents, we cover you.
Huscarl Inc.
Actuarial intelligence for corporate risk managers
Mount
The AI Insurance Carrier