Full-Time

Marketing

Cara

Cara

11-50 employees

Modular AI platform automating insurance servicing

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

In Person

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Required Skills
Market Research
Marketing

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Requirements
  • At least 2 years of experience in Product Marketing, Product Strategy, or a related go-to-market role in business-to-business software as a service, artificial intelligence, financial technology, or insurance technology.
  • Ability to operate as a generalist across multiple marketing disciplines.
  • Ability to translate technical or artificial-intelligence-powered products into clear business value for executive and operational audiences.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Product and Sales teams in a fast-moving environment.
  • Written and verbal communication skills.
  • Motivated, entrepreneurial approach and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with significant ownership.
Responsibilities
  • Own and execute the entire marketing function, including product marketing, content, events, brand, and sales enablement.
  • Lead go-to-market strategy for new features and products, from internal enablement through customer-facing rollout, ensuring strong adoption and clear articulation of value.
  • Equip the go-to-market team with marketing assets and enterprise deal support materials.
  • Build and scale content across channels to drive awareness, credibility, and inbound demand.
  • Own the strategy and execution for industry conferences, hosted dinners, webinars, and field events to drive pipeline and strengthen the company's presence across the insurance ecosystem.
  • Conduct customer interviews, synthesize feedback, and translate insights into sharper messaging and product input.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience marketing to insurance agencies, brokerages, or financial services organizations.

Cara provides a domain-specific AI platform for the insurance industry. It is a modular system that lets agencies, brokerages, and wholesalers automate customer servicing, speed up sales, and scale operations using a 24/7 digital workforce. The product works by offering specialized AI modules and automation tools that handle routine tasks, answer questions, and process workflows without human intervention. This focus on insurance and a modular, end-to-end automation approach differentiate Cara from general AI or broad CRM tools, giving insurance distributors a tailored, scalable solution. The goal is to help insurance partners improve efficiency, close more deals, and support continuous operations around the clock.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$8M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Cara raised $8 million on March 31, 2026, led by Kearny Jackson.
  • AWS and ACORD validation in June and August 2026 strengthens enterprise credibility.
  • Early traction spans hundreds of brokerages and thousands of agents, supporting expansion speed.

What critics are saying

  • Vertafore, Applied Systems, and AgencyZoom own the broker workflow layer today.
  • Cara's differentiation depends on partner integrations, especially AMS360 and HawkSoft, staying open.
  • Insurance AI trust failures during renewal season would kill adoption and trigger fast churn.

What makes Cara unique

  • Cara automates ACORDs, proposals, and quote comparisons inside broker workflows, June 2026.
  • Native integrations with AMS360, HawkSoft, AgencyZoom, and EZLynx reduce switching costs.
  • AWS Bedrock and EKS power tenant-isolated workflows for thousands of concurrent users.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
Noah Business Intelligence
Jul 16th, 2026
Cara raises $8M to automate insurance brokerage workflows with AI

Cara, an AI platform for insurance brokerages, has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Kearny Jackson. Backers include former Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson, OpenAI's Colin Evans and Vouch Insurance CEO Sam Hodges. The company, founded by Vic Yeh, Nikhil Kansal and Jonathan Patel, initially built software for its own brokerage before selling that business to The McGowan Companies in 2025. It now automates administrative tasks including proposal generation, policy comparison and certificate production for insurance agents. Cara reportedly reached seven-figure annual recurring revenue within seven months and now serves thousands of agents across the US. The company has posted 60-times year-on-year ARR growth and works with hundreds of brokerages. The funding will support AI research, product development and deeper integrations with agency management systems.

PR Newswire
Mar 31st, 2026
CARA RAISES $8 MILLION TO HELP EVERY INSURANCE BROKERAGE GROW ITS BOOK

/PRNewswire/ -- Cara, the AI platform for insurance brokerages, today announced $8 million in seed funding led by Kearny Jackson, with participation from...