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The small business owners running America deserve better than what this industry has given them for decades. That's why we built Harper : AI-native commercial insurance brokerage built for them. harperinsure.com

Millions of small business owners wake up every day just thinking about opening their doors, paying their employees, and making this month better than last. And somewhere in the middle of that, they hit a wall called INSURANCE. They call. Nobody calls back. The paperwork is wrong. The price is too high. What should take a day takes weeks.

We just raised $47M to fix a $500 billion industry that hasn't changed in decades. Here's what we are solving!

Today, @Harper_Insure is proud to announce our $47M Series A + Seed, led by @emergencecap with participation from @ycombinator, @AntlerGlobal , @peakxvpartners, @10xFounders, @LobsterCapVC , @outsetcap , @optimist_vc, @pioneer_fund , and @untappedvcLA. Commercial insurance is a $500 billion industry that has barely changed in decades. The people running America. The truckers, the roofers, the daycare owners, the shop owners and the millions of businesses like them have been calling brokers for years but can't get a call back. Can't get a fair price. Can't get the service they deserve. We built Harper for them. And to every investor who believed in this vision thank you. It humbles us to have this moment. And it's something we're never going to take lightly. Built by @DakotahBlueRice, @nairtu965 and a team that shows up every day at 5am.

What would it look like to be a category-defining institution in insurance? What kind of technology would need to be built to create that business? On behalf of our customers and partners, we've set incredibly large goals.

At Harper, we care a lot about stories. Stories are the foundation of all great teams, projects, and businesses. These narratives are how we got to where we are today and how we will motivate others to join us on our path to tomorrow. We're continually inspired by the remarkable stories shared by the business owners we proudly serve daily. How does Harper CEO and Co-Founder @DakotahBlueRice's background affect how he currently thinks about Harper's mission?

After nearly 10 years at some of the most prestigious institutions in public markets, did Harper CEO and Co-Founder @DakotahBlueRice expect to be building in insurance? What advice would he have had for himself?

Harper CTO and Co-Founder @nairtu965, with CEO and Co-Founder @DakotahBlueRice, on resilience, good partners, and the importance of not giving up.

Aryan Jadhav, from our engineering team explains to @DakotahBlueRice why he chose Harper as the place to build at the forefront of AI technology. As big as the mobile and SaaS platform shifts, Aryan believes that the AI revolution will transform modern businesses, starting with insurance. #InsurTech #AI #Engineering #Hiring #PlatformShifts #LLMs

Our Founding AI Engineer, Ansh Gupta, walks our CEO @DakotahBlueRice through the vision for what we are building at Harper. Here, our engineers build tools for the internal team to use. By leveraging AI technology, we've supercharged our sales and customer support teams to focus on what matters: relationships.

As we approach the end of the @ycombinator W25 batch, our CTO and Co-Founder @nairtu965 reflects with our CEO and Co-Founder @DakotahBlueRice about his early dreams of building a YC company and his plans to achieve his next set of dreams by believing in himself, our team, and the mission.

Listen to our Head of Sales, @shabaigchatha, talk to our CEO, @DakotahBlueRice, about how using Harper's technology enables him to spend more time with customers.

At Harper, we believe that relationships are everything. Talented people working together - that's how we plan on building the future of insurance.

At Harper, we believe that AI helps amplify human intellect and imagination. Listen to our CEO @DakotahBlueRice and CTO @nairtu965 discuss what they think it means to build an AI-first company and how it helps us serve our customers.

Harper is an AI-native commercial insurance brokerage. In just a few short months, we've grown to serve over 400 clients, and we're just getting started.