FurtherAI appoints Zachary Hirsch as SVP to lead its next phase of growth. Enterprise software leader who helped scale Verkada to more than $1 billion joins FurtherAI amid rapid AI adoption by insurance organizations. San Francisco, CA, Aug. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - FurtherAI, the leading insurance AI platform, today announced the appointment of Zachary "Zac" Hirsch as Senior Vice President of Sales. Hirsch will lead FurtherAI's commercial organization and go-to-market strategy as the company expands across carriers, managing general agents, brokers, and wholesalers. The appointment follows a period of rapid growth for FurtherAI, including successful product deployments at five of the top 10 carriers and five of the top 15 insurance brokers and wholesalers in the United States. The company's AI agents automate complex workflows across submissions, underwriting, policy administration, audits, and claims, enabling insurance professionals to spend more time applying their expertise and serving customers. Hirsch brings more than 18 years of experience in enterprise software and global commercial leadership. His experience also includes developing and expanding relationships with leading insurers and brokers, including Allstate and Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., among others. During his time at Verkada, Hirsch helped scale the commercial organization as the business grew to more than $1 billion. Hirsch's teams consistently outperformed, and leaders he developed went on to serve as directors, vice presidents, and regional heads. "Zac is a highly respected commercial leader with a remarkable record of building teams that scale," said Aman Gour, Co-Founder and CEO of FurtherAI. "From our first conversation, it was clear that we shared a conviction: AI can create enormous value for insurance, but only when it is deployed thoughtfully, responsibly, and with a deep understanding of the industry. I'm thrilled to welcome Zac to FurtherAI and work alongside him to help our customers realize that value at scale." Before Verkada, Hirsch held enterprise go-to-market roles at Dynamic Signal, Pixlee, and FactSet. "Insurance is approaching a defining moment," said Hirsch. "The industry has enormous expertise, but too much of it remains constrained by manual work and disconnected systems. FurtherAI has proven that insurance-native AI can deliver meaningful results in complex enterprise environments. I'm excited to join Aman, Sashank, and the team and build the commercial organization that will bring that impact to customers around the world." Hirsch joins FurtherAI during a period of significant momentum. The company raised a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and now processes billions of dollars in premiums annually. FurtherAI was also named to the 2026 CB Insights AI 100 as the only company on the list built specifically for insurance. About FurtherAI FurtherAI is the leading insurance AI platform. By automating submission intake, underwriting, policy comparison, audits, claims processing, and compliance workflows, FurtherAI eliminates busywork so insurance professionals can focus on judgment, customers, and growth. FurtherAI works with five of the top 10 P&C carriers and five of the top 15 insurance brokers and wholesalers in the United States. Founded in San Francisco, the company is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, and other leading investors. For further information please contact Aman Gour on [email protected] Legal Disclaimer: EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.

FurtherAI launches connectors: one workspace, every insurance system. Published on July 28, 2026 Table of Contents Every workflow in insurance starts with gathering data across a handful of systems: the CRM, policy admin, document repository, third-party enrichment sources. The actual work can begin only after all of that context is assembled, whether that's underwriting a risk, adjusting a claim, or standing up a new program. That gathering work is where most AI deployments in insurance run out of room. An assistant that can only see what's directly inputted will always be a fraction as useful as one that can reach across the operational stack the way an insurance professional naturally does. Today FurtherAI Inc. is launching the FurtherAI Connectors: a library of native integrations to the CRMs, policy admin platforms, document repositories, agency management systems, and enrichment sources that already run modern insurance operations. One connection replaces every custom integration project. CRMs: Bring the customer relationship and account history into every workflow. * Salesforce * Microsoft Dynamics Policy administration systems: Read and write policy records and exposure data directly. * Guidewire * Duck Creek * Majesco Agency management platforms: Connect the broker's book of business into the assistant. * Applied Epic * AMS360 * Sagitta * EZLynx Document systems: Pull loss runs and submission attachments into workflows automatically. * SharePoint * ImageRight Enrichment sources: Layer third-party risk and compliance data on top of internal records. * OSHA * OFAC * HazardHub * BuildZoom * Trellis * PitchBook * Google The base layer of the Agentic Workspace for insurance. An Agentic Workspace only works when it can reach into the systems teams already use. The connectors are that layer, and every FurtherAI workflow reads from and writes to those systems directly. Every Connector in the library goes through a security review before it ships. The scope of each integration (what data it reaches, what actions it can take, and how it authenticates with the underlying system) gets evaluated against the standards insurance teams need to trust the platform. Admins retain control over which connectors are active in their workspace and how each one is used. More connectors are on the way. If you want to see FurtherAI across the systems your team already uses, get in touch. Ready to go further and transform your insurance ops? Reclaim your time for strategic work and let its AI Assistant handle the busywork. Schedule a demo to see how you can achieve more, faster. FurtherAI Inc. is part of Its Investors Accelerate your insurance ops with a domain-specific AI workspace.

FurtherAI shortlisted for two Insurance Insider Honours 2026 awards. Published on July 27, 2026 Table of Contents FurtherAI has been named to the Insurance Insider Honours 2026 shortlist in two categories: AI Implementation of the Year and Start-up of the Year. The Insurance Insider Honours are among the most respected awards in US P&C insurance, and being recognized alongside the operators shaping the industry is meaningful to FurtherAI Inc.. The Insurance Insider Honours reflect what the industry values. The Insurance Insider Honours have become the annual benchmark for how the US P&C industry evaluates innovation and execution across its ecosystem. Decisions come from a panel that includes senior executives from carriers, brokers, MGAs, and reinsurers - the operators actually running the industry FurtherAI Inc. is building for. Landing on their shortlist is more than a marketing moment; it's a signal from the people whose opinion matters most in the market. AI Implementation of the Year is a category about substance. It recognizes work that has moved past the demo stage and into production, delivering measurable value inside real underwriting and claims workflows. The bar is set by the operators themselves, which makes it one of the harder categories to earn a place in. Start-up of the Year is a category about trajectory. It recognizes early-stage companies that have earned meaningful attention across the industry on the strength of what they've built and who's using it. Being shortlisted here says something about the momentum of the last 12 months. The recognition traces to a founding belief that hasn't changed. FurtherAI Inc. started FurtherAI with a simple belief: AI should eliminate the operational work around underwriting, so insurance teams can spend more time on risk, customers, and growth. That premise has stayed the same since day one, and it's what shows up in the product its customers use every day. Watching customers deploy FurtherAI into production has been the leading indicator of that belief landing. The awards recognition is downstream of what the customers themselves are already saying with their behavior. Thank you - and further and further. Thank you to its customers for trusting FurtherAI Inc. with the workflows their teams run every day, to its team for building the product that earned this recognition, and to Insurance Insider for putting FurtherAI Inc. alongside the companies shaping the industry FurtherAI Inc. care about. If you're a carrier, MGA, broker, or reinsurer and want to see what an AI-native workspace looks like inside your own workflows, get in touch. Ready to go further and transform your insurance ops? Reclaim your time for strategic work and let its AI Assistant handle the busywork. Schedule a demo to see how you can achieve more, faster. FurtherAI Inc. is part of Its Investors Accelerate your insurance ops with a domain-specific AI workspace.