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Axle (YC S22) — AI-native clearinghouse for insurance

Axle is the AI-native clearinghouse for property and casualty insurance. Our infrastructure and AI agents automate complex insurance workflows for third parties including verification, monitoring, and policy updates.

Axle is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2022 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI-native clearinghouse for insurance. The founders listed are Cameron Duncan (Founder/CEO), Nihar Parikh (Founder/CTO), Armaan Sikand (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 17, 2022).

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Axle

New accelerator entry · 2022-07-17 · the record

Summer 2022
batch
20
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2022
Announced2022-07-17
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size20
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech
SectorsArtificial Intelligence, Developer Tools, Fintech, B2B, Insurance
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedNew York City, NY, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://axle.insure
Previously known asAxle (Axle Labs, Inc.)

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Axle is the AI-native clearinghouse for property and casualty insurance. Our infrastructure and AI agents automate complex insurance workflows for third parties including verification, monitoring, and policy updates. We've helped Fortune 500 businesses like Rocket Mortgage, Avis, and Experian speed up workflows by 95% while recovering over $220M in potential losses. Axle is backed by Gradient, Y Combinator, and the founding team of Plaid.

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