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AIUC

AI agent standards, audits, and insurance for enterprise AI adoption

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Overview

AIUC (Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company) is a San Francisco-based specialty solutions provider that offers certification, auditing, and liability insurance for AI agents, serving AI software vendors and the enterprises that deploy them. The company operates at the intersection of AI risk standards and insurance, providing a three-part confidence infrastructure that enables enterprises to adopt autonomous AI agents with contractual assurance.

The platform centers on the AIUC-1 standard -- a certification framework modeled after SOC 2 that draws on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the EU AI Act, and MITRE ATLAS across six domains: Data & Privacy, Safety, Security, Reliability, Accountability, and Society. Achieving AIUC-1 certification requires implementing 50-plus technical, operational, and legal safeguards and passing independent third-party adversarial testing. Vendors with stronger audit scores receive better insurance terms, creating a direct link between security posture and coverage pricing.

AIUC launched from stealth in July 2025 having raised USD 15M in a seed round led by Nat Friedman (NFDG), with participation from Emergence, Terrain, and Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann. At launch, the company reported early customers including ElevenLabs (first AI agent insurance policyholder), Intercom (Fin AI agent certified), Ada, and Alpharun. Schellman serves as the first AIUC-1 accredited auditor.

Products & Services

AIUC-1 Standard

A certification framework for AI agent security, safety, and reliability. Modeled after SOC 2 and aligned with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the EU AI Act, and MITRE ATLAS. Covers six domains: Data & Privacy, Safety, Security, Reliability, Accountability, and Society.

Key Features

  • 50-plus technical, operational, and legal safeguard requirements
  • Third-party adversarial testing including jailbreak and prompt injection simulations
  • Co-developed with 500-plus enterprise risk leaders and CISOs from Google Cloud and MongoDB
  • Academic and institutional input from MITRE, Stanford, MIT, and Orrick

Target Users: AI software vendors seeking enterprise certification; enterprise risk and procurement teams evaluating AI agent vendors

AI Agent Audits

Independent third-party testing of AI agents against the AIUC-1 standard, delivered through a network of accredited auditors. Schellman is the first accredited auditor.

Key Features

  • Gap analysis and risk quantification against AIUC-1 requirements
  • Adversarial attack simulations (jailbreaks, prompt injections)
  • Technical test results delivered within 24 hours
  • Certification signal to accelerate enterprise procurement

Target Users: AI vendors; enterprise procurement and CISO teams

AI Agent Insurance

Liability insurance for AI software vendors and their enterprise customers, covering losses from AI agent failures. Policies are backed by major insurers.

Key Features

  • Coverage for hallucinations, data leakage, IP infringement, brand damage, and erroneous automated actions
  • Policies up to USD 50M in coverage
  • Insurance pricing tied directly to AIUC-1 audit outcomes -- better scores yield better terms
  • Covers both AI vendors and their end-customer enterprises

Target Users: AI software vendors; enterprise adopters of AI agents

At a Glance

Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, USA
Employees
1-10
Funding
Seed

Category & Focus

Category
Specialty Solutions
Subcategories
AI agent certification liability insurance for AI third-party AI auditing
Insurance Verticals
Specialty/E&S
Target Customers
Carriers, Brokers

Customers

  • ElevenLabs -- first AI agent insurance policyholder
  • Intercom -- Fin AI agent certified against AIUC-1
  • Ada -- AI customer service platform, AIUC-1 certified
  • Alpharun -- AI recruiter platform, AIUC-1 certified

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Last updated: 2026-06-11