Sam Gold

Co-Founder @Risklytics (YC S26) | @Harvard CS & Econ

[Sam Gold @SamGGld]

Nobody warns you just how many hats you wear building in a regulated industry. Last month alone:

Compliance: getting Risklytics licensed in 15 states
Banking: separate trust account to hold client premiums
Legal: reading broker agreements
GTM: thousands of cold emails and connects
Editor: cutting our launch video for free, not counting Uber Eats
Secretary: email, X, Slack, LinkedIn at all hours
Analyst: figuring out what a company run by actual geniuses does, in a 20 minute call

If you're building frontier tech and might need insurance, send a DM.

Pictured: one of my five inboxes sitting at 600 unread, after I cleaned it out just last Friday

[Sam Gold @SamGGld]

@larmbrust @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator let me know if she's still looking for insurance👀

[Sam Gold @SamGGld]

Today @AlexRisio and I are launching @Risklytics, backed by @ycombinator (S26).

Insurers started excluding AI from policies this year. If AI touched the work anywhere, the claim can get denied. Most founders only find out after a loss.

We get physical AI companies covered anyway. If you're building anything on the frontier or want to cover it, check us out at https://t.co/gqdXghQQzY.

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@RRicefan Super cool!

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@malhalla06 @TheAntheaGuo @lumeriaskin Congrats!

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@DeepReach_AI Super cool

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@AbhishekEswaran @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator Carriers underwrite it, we just figure out the exposure (autonomy, failure modes, human oversight) and take it to the underwriters who'll write it.

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@_josephine_l_ @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator Thanks! We hope so!

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@xypheriwnl @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator thanks brotato

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@Road_Kill11 @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator Thank you!

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@JimmyBirch01 @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator Thanks!

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@PhillipYan2 @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator Thanks!

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@spei04 @AlexRisio @Risklytics @ycombinator Thank you!

[Ankit Gupta @agupta]

It’s out:

[Sam Gold @SamGGld]

Reach out if you want to get covered: https://t.co/uPmOeCHbVO

[Ankit Gupta @agupta]

very excited for this!

little known fact: this year insurance companies have been quietly changing policies to not insure AI deployed in the world, especially physical AI.

@Risklytics is building an insurance broker specifically for people deploying AI. This is going to be an increasingly massive portion of the insured economy.

if you’re at a company like this (ie basically all of my followers), you should reach out

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@garrytan we on the same wavelength

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@dipole_labs Congrats! Looks super cool

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@salemroboticshq Congrats!

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@Henryyinn @founderleague Why is bro on me today