Underwriting Superintelligence: Backing Agents you can Sue — Rune Kvist, AIUC
AIUC raised a $40 million Series A to build AIUC-1, an agent security standard backed by insurance, serving Cursor, Harvey, Lovable, and ElevenLabs.
AIUC, cofounded by former Anthropic product hire Rune Kvist, announced a $40 million Series A led by Ribbit Capital and First Harmonic. The startup builds AIUC-1, an emerging standard for agent security, safety, and reliability, stress-testing agents for jailbreaks, hallucinations, and data leaks. It pairs standards with insurance underwriting through Lloyd's of London and counts Cursor, Harvey, Lovable, and ElevenLabs among its customers. Kvist argues trust and liability, not capability, are becoming the binding constraint on AI adoption.
- $40M Series A led by Ribbit Capital and First Harmonic
- AIUC-1 standard covers agent security, safety, and reliability testing
- Customers include Cursor, Harvey, Lovable, and ElevenLabs
- Insurance underwriting is partnered with Lloyd's of London
- Founder argues trust and liability, not capability, limit AI adoption
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- AIUC-1
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- AIUC
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- United States
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AIUC first got our attention with the NFDG backing, and have just announced a $40M series A today, with the most impressive industry advisor list we may have ever seen for an early startup behind AIUC-1 , their agent standard backed by real insurance: From being Anthropic’s first product hire to building the standards, testing, and insurance infrastructure meant to make frontier AI deployable, Rune Kvist is betting…
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