Akur8 is a fast-growing InsurTech scale-up on a mission to modernize how insurers assess, price, and manage risk.

Our next-generation SaaS platform combines transparent machine learning, predictive analytics, and smart product design to turn complex insurance workflows into scalable, data-driven systems.

Powered by expert engineering, data, product, and actuarial teams, Akur8 enables insurers to model risk up to 10x faster while maintaining transparency, explainability, and regulatory trust.

As our product suite expands, we are building an end-to-end platform supporting pricing, reserving, and forward-looking risk decisions — helping insurers operate efficiently in a complex environment.

Recognized globally, Akur8 has been featured in:

CB Insights’ Insurtech 50 (2025)
CNBC’s InsurTech Top 150 (2025)
InsurTech100 Global Insurtech Top 100 (2025)
Professional Equality Index 97/100 (2025)

With 40+ nationalities across 8 global offices, we serve 320+ clients across 4 continents while maintaining a strong engineering and product culture.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives help shape better products and decisions.

As part of our growing US Sales team, you will join as a Business Development Representative and help build Akur8's North America sales pipeline. You will be one of the first points of contact for prospective customers, introducing them to Akur8 and identifying companies that may benefit from our platform.

Your main objective will be to create qualified opportunities for the Account Executive team. You will research target accounts, run thoughtful outbound campaigns, engage prospects across email, phone, and LinkedIn, and book high-quality meetings.

Working closely with Account Executives, Sales Directors, Marketing, and the wider North American team, you will learn the product and insurance market, test messaging, and share what you hear from prospects. This role suits someone who enjoys opening conversations and improving their approach through practice and feedback.

This will include, but not be limited to, the following responsibilities:

As a Business Development Representative, you will own prospecting activity across an assigned territory and contribute to the team's pipeline goals.
Researching target accounts and identifying relevant decision-makers and influencers.
Building contact lists and running personalized outbound sequences across email, phone, and LinkedIn.
Qualifying inbound and outbound leads based on business needs, timing, stakeholders, and fit.
Booking discovery meetings and providing Account Executives and Sales Directors with clear context before each conversation.
Following up consistently with prospects while keeping accurate records in the CRM.
Partnering with Marketing on campaigns, events, and account-based outreach.
Sharing prospect feedback to improve messaging, targeting, and sales materials.
Learning and explaining Akur8's product at a level that earns a next conversation with business and technical audiences.

This role is based in our New York City office. Travel may be required for business development events and team or client meetings.

We're looking for a motivated, curious, and commercially minded individual who enjoys starting conversations and building relationships. You may have 3+ years of experience in B2B sales, business development, consulting, customer success, or another role involving regular outreach. We will also consider candidates with strong communication skills and a clear interest in beginning a career in SaaS sales.

EDUCATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

You have 3+ years of experience as a BDR or similar in Enterprise or Technical Sales. Previous B2B SaaS experience is required.
Intellectual curiosity is important in this role: you are eager to learn, explore unfamiliar topics, and deepen your understanding.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.

HARD SKILLS

You can research companies, identify relevant contacts, and write clear, personalized outreach.
You are comfortable making outbound calls, handling common objections, and adjusting your approach based on results and coaching.
You can manage follow-ups across multiple accounts and keep accurate activity records in a CRM.
You are willing to learn a technical product and understand enough about a prospect's business to make outreach relevant.
You can prepare concise notes and communicate useful context to an Account Executive before a meeting.
You are comfortable working with email, phone, LinkedIn, CRM systems, and sales engagement tools.
You have a steady approach to activity targets and can maintain quality as outreach volume grows.

SOFT SKILLS

You communicate clearly and listen carefully. You can build trust in a first conversation.
You are organized, coachable, and able to plan your day without close supervision.
You are persistent and comfortable hearing no while continuing to improve your approach.
You enjoy working with teammates and sharing what you learn from prospects.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Comfortable working in a multicultural and international environment.

BONUS SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

Previous experience in B2B SaaS, insurance, financial services, or a technical product.
Experience with outbound prospecting, sales engagement tools, or a CRM such as Salesforce.

IMPORTANT: You must possess an employment status that will allow work from our New York office.

As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, highly skilled and motivated team, with a strong Tech DNA, colleagues that are eager to share their knowledge and passion.

We care about strong teamwork and a positive day-to-day environment. The team regularly connects through optional activities such as team lunches, sports, karaoke, or occasional after-work gatherings.

In addition to this, we will provide you with:

The pay range for this role is $95,000 to $130,000 USD OTE
Health insurance , Dental and Vision coverage (including spouse and family coverage)
401K Company match
Life insurance
Cell Phone & Internet reimbursement
25 days of PTO/year
Commuter benefit
Gym membership via ClassPass
IT equipment allowance
Professional development & trainings
Team fun: regular company gatherings and team events

As part of our recruitment process, we may carry out background checks in line with the applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. These checks may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally authorized, criminal records. Any background checks will be performed lawfully before formal employment contracts are signed, with the candidate’s consent, and all information collected will be handled confidentially.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with certain stages of the recruitment process. These tools are used to support our recruitment team and do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by people. If you would like further information about how your data is processed, you can contact us at [email protected].

About the company

Akur8 helps insurance companies price risk more effectively with a cloud-based AI pricing platform. It automates the creation of production-ready statistical models called GAMs and GLMs using its own algorithms. Pricing teams can access these models through a SaaS API, plug the system into their data sources, and apply machine learning and analytics to forecast costs more accurately. Unlike many AI tools, Akur8 keeps models transparent, auditable, and editable, which supports compliance and gives customers control over their pricing logic. This makes it faster and easier for insurers to build predictive pricing models and improve profitability. In short, Akur8 enables faster, more accurate pricing decisions that help optimize the combined ratio and loss ratio.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$186.2M

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

September 2026 Series C plus $25 million extends runway and signals investor conviction.
October 2026 serves 350-plus customers across 40-plus countries, including AXA and Munich Re.
New AAIS, Portage Mutual, and Aria Advisory wins show continued North American momentum.

What critics are saying

Guidewire, Verisk, Milliman, and Duck Creek can bundle similar actuarial workflows by 2027.
October 2026 AI Agents raise trust risk if an insurer misuses or misroutes model decisions.
If integration-heavy sales stall, Akur8 remains a niche pricing tool instead of platform standard.

What makes Akur8 unique

October 2026 Agents embed actuarial workflows inside Akur8, not generic chatbots.
March 2026 Slope and September 2026 Arius acquisitions broaden Akur8 into P&C and L&A.
August 2026 Guidewire and June 2026 Verisk integrations lock Akur8 into insurer systems.

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Health Insurance
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Life Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Remote Work Options
Hybrid Work Options
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Unlimited Paid Time Off

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FinTech Global

Oct 2nd, 2026

Akur8 launches AI agents to streamline actuarial pricing.

Akur8 launches AI agents to streamline actuarial pricing. October 2, 2026 Akur8, the global actuarial AI platform provider, has rolled out Akur8 Agents, a new offering that embeds expert guidance and no-code automation into the day-to-day workflows of actuaries. The initial version, Akur8 Agents for pricing, is intended to help actuaries handle complex pricing tasks more quickly. It takes on repetitive jobs, brings useful insights to the surface and makes actuarial know-how more accessible. The agents operate inside the Akur8 platform and were developed by actuaries with actuaries in mind. Users keep full ownership of their analyses and decisions throughout. The agents can help design pricing structures, produce reports using reusable templates, write formulas suited to specific modelling requirements, review variable usage ahead of modelling, and apply filed rates within rating analyses. They can also import rating logic held in spreadsheets and other formats into Akur8 through an adaptable process that users can review. They link information across a project, summarise progress and activity, highlight context that may otherwise be difficult to locate, and assist with building visualisations. Guidance on Akur8 and insurance best practice is delivered within the workflow, kept current with software updates and offered in several languages. While the agents engage with the platform and advise on how to get the most from it, Akur8's existing actuarial and statistical engines still carry out the mathematical and modelling work. Actuaries continue to check outputs, interpret findings, exercise professional judgement and make the final calls. The company said generic AI tools can produce answers, but actuarial work requires outcomes that can be verified, explained and defended. Akur8 Agents are curated by the firm's Actuarial and Product teams and are underpinned by technology already relied upon by over 3,000 actuaries globally. Each Akur8 pricing module comes with its own dedicated agent, which teams can customise using ready-made expert skill templates or their own skills, without writing code. Global memory and instructions can also be configured so that every conversation follows shared guidance. The offering rests on four principles: actuarial expertise, explainable work with human oversight, native integration with existing Akur8 capabilities, and enterprise-grade trust. Akur8 stated that customer data is never used to train AI models and that the product complies with the EU AI Act. Rather than requiring insurers to construct an agent system from scratch, Akur8 is providing focused agents tied to tools customers already use, built on its cloud-native infrastructure, machine learning architecture and actuarial engines. The company intends to extend its expert agents to Reserving and Life. Akur8 offers a suite of actuarial solutions for insurers of all sizes across the Property and Casualty (P&C) and Life and Annuity (L&A) markets. It works with more than 350 customers in over 40 countries, including AXA, Generali, Munich Re, Europ Assistance, Tokio Marine and MS&AD, as well as TMNAS, FCCI, NEXT, HDVI, Wawanesa, SGI Canada, Facility Group and Canopius. Akur8 Agents for pricing are being showcased at ITC Vegas 2026. Akur8 CEO and co-founder Sam Falmagne said, "The next stage of actuarial AI is not about replacing actuaries or asking them to hand their work over to a black box. It's about giving them expert agents that can organize repeatable work, guide complex processes, and make the full power of the Akur8 platform easier to use. With Akur8 Agents, the actuarial engines continue to do the mathematical computations, actuaries continue to make the decisions, and the agents help bring everything together more efficiently, transparently, and securely." Enjoying the stories? Investors. The following investor(s) were tagged in this article.

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Sep 29th, 2026

Akur8 launches expert actuarial Agents for more efficient pricing work.

Akur8 launches expert actuarial Agents for more efficient pricing work. Built on Akur8's actuarial platform, the new agents automate repeatable workflows, apply expert skills, and keep actuaries in control of every action. New York, NY September 29, 2026 Akur8, the global actuarial AI platform, today launched Akur8 Agents to bring expert guidance and no-code automation directly into actuarial workflows. The first release, Akur8 Agents for pricing, helps actuaries move through complex pricing work more efficiently by handling repeatable tasks, surfacing insights, and making actuarial expertise easier to access. Built by actuaries for actuaries, the agents work within the Akur8 platform, while actuaries retain complete control of their analyses and decisions. The launch is a major expansion of how actuaries can work with Akur8. * Akur8 Agents can interact with the platform and provide guidance on how to use it effectively. * Akur8's actuarial and statistical capabilities continue to perform the mathematical and modeling work. * Actuaries remain responsible for reviewing output, interpreting results, applying professional judgment, and making final decisions. Akur8 Agents build on the cloud-native infrastructure, machine learning architecture, actuarial engines, and statistical capabilities customers already know and trust. Rather than asking insurers to build an agent system from a blank canvas, Akur8 gives teams focused agents connected to the products and actuarial capabilities they already use. Akur8 plans to expand its expert agents across Reserving and Life, extending the same approach to additional actuarial workflows. Making repeatable pricing work more efficient. Akur8 Agents for pricing are designed around practical, repeatable workflows. They can help build pricing structures, create reports from reusable templates, develop formulas tailored to a modeling need, check variable usage before modeling begins, and use filed rates in rating analyses. They can also bring rating logic from spreadsheets and other formats into Akur8 through a flexible, reviewable process. The agents connect information across a project, summarize progress and activity, surface hard-to-find context, and help create visualizations. They also make Akur8 and insurance best practices available in the flow of work, with knowledge that updates alongside the software and is available in multiple languages. Expert actuarial agents rather than generic AI. General-purpose AI can generate answers, but actuarial work demands results that are verifiable, explainable, and defensible. Akur8 Agents are curated by Akur8's Actuarial and Product teams and shaped around the workflows actuaries run every day. They're grounded in the same actuarial and statistical technology already trusted by more than 3,000 actuaries worldwide. Teams start with an agent built for each Akur8 pricing module. As their needs evolve, they can tailor it with ready-to-use expert skill templates or their own custom skills, with no code required. They can also set global memory and instructions that apply to every conversation, so the agent follows shared guidance consistently. The result: a fast, reliable starting point that grows with each team's use cases. Akur8 Agents are designed around four principles: * Actuarial expertise: Agents and skills are built for real pricing workflows and backed by Akur8's actuarial and analytical capabilities. * Explainable work with human control: Users can follow the reasoning behind each result, inspect the underlying work, review and edit outputs, and approve changes before anything is executed. * Native integration: Agents select and coordinate existing Akur8 capabilities while Akur8's underlying engines perform the calculations and modeling. * Enterprise trust: Akur8 Agents are private and secure by design. Customer data is never used to train AI models, and the offering is compliant with the EU AI Act. Management comments. Sam Falmagne, CEO and Co-founder, Akur8 "The next stage of actuarial AI is not about replacing actuaries or asking them to hand their work over to a black box. It's about giving them expert agents that can organize repeatable work, guide complex processes, and make the full power of the Akur8 platform easier to use. With Akur8 Agents, the actuarial engines continue to do the mathematical computations, actuaries continue to make the decisions, and the agents help bring everything together more efficiently, transparently, and securely." Introducing Akur8 Agents at ITC Vegas. Akur8 Agents for pricing are being introduced at ITC Vegas 2026, where Akur8 is a Title Sponsor. Attendees can experience the new capabilities from September 29 through October 1 at the Akur8 booth at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. To learn more or schedule a demonstration, visit https://www.akur8.com/contact. About Akur8. Akur8's Global Actuarial AI Platform is transforming the insurance industry with an innovative suite of actuarial solutions. Built on cutting-edge technology, actuarial excellence, and superior client service, Akur8 delivers speed, performance, transparency, and reliability for insurers of all sizes across Property and Casualty (P&C) and Life and Annuity (L&A) markets. Akur8 serves 350+ customers across 40+ countries, including global carriers AXA, Generali, Munich Re, Europ Assistance, Tokio Marine and MS&AD; personal and commercial P&C insurers TMNAS, FCCI, NEXT, HDVI, Wawanesa, SGI Canada, Facility Group, and specialty insurer Canopius. Over 3,000 actuaries use Akur8 daily to build their pricing models and reserving projections across all lines of business. Press contact. Heide Sacher Akur8 Head of Marketing, U.S. & Canada [email protected]

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Aug 11th, 2026

Akur8 launches Guidewire Marketplace Accelerator for Deploy, its modern external rating engine.

Akur8 launches Guidewire Marketplace Accelerator for Deploy, its modern external rating engine. New partner New York, NY August 11, 2026 Akur8, the global actuarial AI platform, announced today the launch of its new Akur8 Deploy Rating Accelerator on Guidewire Marketplace. Built for Guidewire PolicyCenter customers, the extension connects PolicyCenter and Deploy, Akur8's modern external rating engine, cutting integration timelines from months to weeks. By delivering a metadata-driven mapping and transformation layer between PolicyCenter and Deploy's rating API, the extension for Deploy reduces the custom integration effort required to connect PolicyCenter and Deploy's rating API. Insurers using the extension can compress that integration phase into a matter of weeks while enabling real-time rating within native PolicyCenter quote workflows. For actuarial and pricing teams, the extension enables greater control over the rating lifecycle. Once live, actuarial teams can update rating logic, push new rates, and launch revised products directly in Akur8 Deploy, without requiring IT tickets or PolicyCenter redeployment. This reduces reliance on policy administration system release cycles and helps insurers bring rate changes to market faster. Key capabilities include: * Faster implementation through pre-built mappings between PolicyCenter and Akur8 Deploy * Real-time rating within PolicyCenter quote workflows, returning itemized rating factors and premium breakdowns without disrupting the native Guidewire user experience * Supports both online quote-time rating calls from PolicyCenter and off-line batch re-rating use cases * Reduced integration risk through standardized transformation logic, validation scripts, and Guidewire-aligned delivery guidance * Greater actuarial control over rating updates, testing, and deployment from model to policy The extension for Deploy is available now to new and existing Akur8 customers and is supported by Akur8's dedicated delivery team. For more information, visit akur8.com or contact your Akur8 account team. Management comments. Samuel Falmagne, CEO, Akur8 "The Guidewire ecosystem is a critical pathway to market for P&C carriers, and this extension reflects our long-term commitment to meeting insurers where they already operate. Deploy was built to give actuarial teams greater autonomy over the rating process. By prebuilding the integration between Guidewire PolicyCenter and Deploy, we are making that autonomy accessible to a much broader set of carriers. This is about more than technical efficiency; it is about what pricing teams can achieve on their own, without depending on IT." Wade Mansoori, Head of Solution Delivery, Akur8 "External rating engine integrations have historically required months of custom middleware development, with actuarial, IT, and system integrator teams coordinating just to connect the rating engine with PolicyCenter. With this extension, that work is packaged into a repeatable, standards-aligned delivery framework. Carriers benefit from a tested mapping specification, validated QA scripts, and a sprint structure that aligns with Guidewire implementation standards. The result is a dramatically shorter path from contract to live rating." About akur8. Akur8's Global Actuarial AI Platform is transforming the insurance industry with an innovative suite of actuarial solutions. Built on cutting-edge technology and actuarial excellence, Akur8 delivers speed, performance, transparency, and reliability for insurers of all sizes across Property and Casualty (P&C) and Life and Annuity (L&A) markets. Akur8 serves 350 customers across 40+ countries, including P&C global carriers AXA, Generali, Munich Re, Europ Assistance, Tokio Marine and MS&AD; commercial P&C insurers TMNAS, FCCI, NEXT, HDVI and Canal; personal and commercial P&C insurers Cypress, Madison Mutual, Western Reserve Group and Georgia Farm Bureau and specialty P&C insurer Canopius. Over 3000 actuaries use Akur8 daily to build their pricing models and reserving projections across all lines of business. Media contact. Heide Sacher Head of Marketing, US & Canada Akur8 908-977-6526 [email protected]

II Reporter

Jun 16th, 2026

Akur8 joins Verisk Alliance network.

Akur8 joins Verisk Alliance network. Akur8's rating engine will support customer-imported ISO Electronic Rating Content for insurers using licensed Verisk rating material. Anthony R. O'Donnell // June 16, 2026 (Image source: Akur8 website.) Akur8 (Paris) has joined Verisk's (Jersey City, N.J.) Strategic Alliance partner network and is licensed to support customer-imported Verisk ISO Electronic Rating Content for use with Akur8's Deploy rating engine. Akur8's official site lists Paris as its global headquarters, while Verisk lists its corporate headquarters in Jersey City. ISO Electronic Rating Content, or ISO ERC, gives insurers electronic access to rating content, including advisory loss costs, rules and forms information. Akur8 says joining the Verisk Strategic Alliance network strengthens its ability to support insurers that rely on licensed ISO ERC content in rating workflows. "Modernizing rating is not just a technology upgrade; it is an operating model shift," comments Troy Smith, VP, Ratings Solutions, Verisk. "At Verisk, we offer a comprehensive suite of rating solutions to support insurers at every stage of the rating lifecycle, including ISO ERC for implementation validation and quality assurance." Rating Workflow Support Akur8 says the relationship is intended to help insurers connect licensed rating content with a modern deployment environment. The company says the connection can support product and rate-change implementation and reduce manual work across rating teams. "This collaboration with Verisk reflects our commitment to providing insurers with the infrastructure they need for modern ISO-based rating operations," comments Samuel Falmagne, CEO, Akur8. "By joining the Verisk Strategic Alliance partner network, Akur8 strengthens its ability to support insurers that rely on licensed ISO ERC content as part of their broader rating operations."

New Straits Times

Apr 7th, 2026

Akur8 partners Tune Protect to enhance pricing capabilities.

Akur8 partners Tune Protect to enhance pricing capabilities. April 7, 2026 @ 5:10am Deeper Dive BETA Why is insurance shifting to embedded travel solutions? KUALA LUMPUR: Akur8 has teamed up with Tune Protect Malaysia to strengthen the insurer's pricing capabilities. Built specifically for insurers, Akur8's platform enhances pricing processes using proprietary machine-learning technology. Key benefits for the property and casualty insurance segment include faster model development, greater transparency through explainable outputs, and improved data-driven pricing decisions that can be clearly communicated across stakeholders. Tune Protect appointed representative Hans-Joachim Zimmermann said Akur8's risk module offers advanced tools and diagnostics that streamline the model selection process. "The rate module further improves efficiency by simplifying post-modelling analysis and implementation studies, effectively replacing a time-consuming spreadsheet-based approach," he said. By adopting Akur8 Pricing, Tune Protect's pricing team is able to accelerate pricing cycles while enhancing collaboration through more transparent and structured modelling. Zimmermann said the move marks a key step in strengthening pricing governance, improving operational agility, and accelerating data-driven decision-making across the organisation. Akur8 chief executive officer Samuel Falmagne lauded Tune Protect's continued efforts to strengthen its pricing mechanisms. "By equipping their teams with Akur8 pricing, we are supporting their journey towards more agile, transparent, and future-ready pricing processes at scale," he said.

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