Hesper AI

Hesper AI builds AI agents that investigate property and casualty insurance claims end to end — reading claim files, detecting tampered documents, verifying facts, checking coverage, and flagging inconsistencies. The agents produce audit-ready case files in minutes, while keeping human teams in control of the actual decisions.

Claims and special investigation unit teams are drowning in document-heavy workflows that AI can now parse and cross-check reliably. As carriers, MGAs, and third-party administrators face pressure on both fraud losses and turnaround times, agents that compress investigation from days to minutes have an obvious pull.

Founded in 2026 and based in New York, Hesper is going after the least glamorous, most manual corner of insurance: the investigation itself. The company frames its approach around augmenting SIU and claims teams rather than replacing their judgement.

Hesper is led by founders Pankaj Dhariwal and Nitish Badu, building for a domain where accuracy and auditability matter more than speed alone. The team's stated focus on human-in-the-loop, audit-ready output suggests they understand the compliance bar insurers actually hold.