AI Agents Move Deeper Into Insurance, ERP and App Security
Thursday, May 7, 2026 · 10 min
AI funding keeps pushing into the operational guts of companies: insurance underwriting, ERP transformations, embedded app agents and software security. The rounds are still sizable, but the real signal is investors backing AI that rewires regulated, legacy and developer workflows.
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AI funding keeps pushing into the operational guts of companies: insurance underwriting, ERP transformations, embedded app agents and software security. The rounds are still sizable, but the real signal is investors backing AI that rewires regulated, legacy and developer workflows.
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- Corgi raises $160M at $1.3B valuation to expand AI-native insurance platform - SiliconANGLE — SiliconANGLE
Corgi raises $160M at $1.3B valuation to expand AI-native insurance platform - SiliconANGLE SHARE UPDATED 19:16 EDT / MAY 06 2026 AI ### Corgi raises $160M at $1.3B valuation to expand AI-native insurance platform SHARE Corgi Insurance Inc., an artificial intelligence-native insurance carrier built for startups, revealed today that it has raised $160 million in new funding at a $1.3 billion…
- Tessera Labs Raises $60M Funding For AI Enterprise Automation — Ventureburn
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- AlphaDrive Launches $100 Million Cyber And AI Venture Fund With Leumi Partners As Anchor Investor — Pulse 2.0
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- CopilotKit Secures $27M Series A to Embed AI Agents Directly Into Enterprise Apps — AI Insider
CopilotKit Secures $27M Series A to Embed AI Agents Directly Into Enterprise Apps - Newsletter - AI Funding & Investment # CopilotKit Secures $27M Series A to Embed AI Agents Directly Into Enterprise Apps - James Dargan - May 6, 2026 - 7 min read Seattle-based CopilotKit has closed a $27 million Series A led by Glilot Capital, NFX, and SignalFire, backing its mission to move AI beyond…
“Fair point, but also… this is basically the thing everyone says & then somehow ignores when they start fundraising. Yes, big painful expensive problems matter. But the more time I spend around VC / fundraising, the more I think the best position is: build the company like you…” — r/startups (17 upvotes)
Our take: We mostly buy this: the best fundraising posture is not needing the money, because scarcity cuts both ways. The caveat is that enterprise AI infrastructure can be brutally capital-intensive, so a $27 million Series A can be leverage, not oxygen, if the product is already pulling customers in.
- Boost Security acquires SecureIQx and Korbit, adds $4M in new funding - SiliconANGLE — SiliconANGLE
Boost Security acquires SecureIQx and Korbit, adds $4M in new funding - SiliconANGLE SHARE UPDATED 09:00 EDT / MAY 06 2026 SECURITY ### Boost Security acquires SecureIQx and Korbit, adds $4M in new funding SHARE Application security startup Boost Security Inc. today announced two acquisitions and an additional $4 million in funding as it builds out what it pitches as an artificial…