AlexRisio

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Re:Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier t... on Thursday August 27, 2026 @01:08PM (#49467942)

We are acting as a broker and took the required tests very quickly.

Re:Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier t... on Thursday August 27, 2026 @01:07PM (#49467932)

They are pretty similar as they are an insurance broker like us, but they do not specialize in hardware/hardtech which is typically more difficult to get good coverage for. We do specialize in that.

Re:Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier t... on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @05:06PM (#49455912)

Axa is a large insurer and might have the appetite for this type of risk. We use different carriers with this risk to get our clients covered.

Re:Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier t... on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:02PM (#49454096)

We focus on hardtech mainly, robotics, manufacturing, physical products. Corgi has not broken into this space as much as we hope to as these clients are typically much harder to insure than pure software companies. Also insurance is big: over $1.7 trillion dollars of premium was written last year.

Re:Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier t... on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @01:57PM (#49453214)

Thanks so much!

Re:Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier t... on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @01:57PM (#49453209)

Thanks for asking! We are licensed in 15 states right now with the required E&O policies, and are expanding to more states in the coming weeks.

Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier tech companies

Posted by AlexRisio on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @12:06PM
from the risklytics.ai dept.

https://www.risklytics.ai/

Hi HN, we're Sam and Alex, founders of Risklytics (https://risklytics.ai). We're both on leave from Harvard, and we run an insurance brokerage for companies building robots, drones, autonomous systems and satellites. You describe your machine, we find the insurance companies willing to cover it, and we read everything before you sign.Buying insurance for any frontier tech goes like this:- your...

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Re:Launch HN: Bullet (YC S26) – A Faster Coding Agent on Thursday August 13, 2026 @05:41PM (#49292215)

This is going to be so helpful!