Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Nirvana Insurance is a San Francisco-based, AI-native commercial insurer focused initially on trucking and commercial fleets. It uses real-time telematics, IoT, machine learning, and safety data to price risk, underwrite policies, improve fleet safety, and modernize claims.
Primary product
Telematics-powered commercial trucking insurance for fleets and owner-operators, including auto liability, physical damage, general liability, motor truck cargo, safety intelligence, underwriting, and claims services.
Founded
2020
Headquarters
595 Market Street, Floor 10, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States
Team size
Approximately 150-200 employees; third-party estimates range from 153 to approximately 200
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Insurance
Sub-industry
Insurtech; commercial trucking and fleet insurance
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series D
Total raised
$262.2M
Latest round
Series D · Dec 2025
Latest amount
$100M
Dec 2025 · Valor Equity Partners
Mar 2025 · General Catalyst
Oct 2023 · Lightspeed Venture Partners
Feb 2022 · Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jan 2021 · General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CTO
Alex Carges
Co-founder & Chief Actuary
Molli Langland
VP, Product
Katie Morrow
VP, People Operations
Helen Wey
Head of Finance
Tatiana DeJongh
Director of Business Development
Rishi Swami
Head of Data Science
Neha Raina
Head of Engineering
Nirvana describes itself as collaborative, cross-functional, fast-moving, ownership-oriented, and remote-friendly. Its stated values emphasize team success, accessible leadership, experimentation, humility, and work with meaningful impact. The company operates across the United States, India, and Chile.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings show U.S. base-salary ranges of approximately $144,000-$240,000 for founding AI and forward-deployed engineering roles and $220,870-$292,000 for a Director of Engineering role. Full-time roles include equity. Third-party H-1B data indicates prior sponsorship activity, but job-specific sponsorship availability is not consistently stated.
Benefits
Pricing
Insurance premiums priced using fleet characteristics, historical and real-time telematics, safety data, and driving behavior. Nirvana advertises upfront safety discounts of up to 20%; fleet policies may use pay-for-what-you-drive pricing with no minimum mileage for eligible fleets. Quotes are generally obtained through agents or brokers rather than a public self-service checkout.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1M-$10M based on third-party estimates; Nirvana has not publicly disclosed audited revenue. A separate third-party estimate reports approximately $1.5M annual revenue, which conflicts with other database estimates and should be treated cautiously.
Estimated monthly visits
8.7K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
PR Newswire · Dec 2025
Nirvana announced a preemptive $100M Series D led by Valor Equity Partners, with General Catalyst and Lightspeed participating. The financing reportedly valued the company at $1.5B and is intended to expand its AI-powered insurance operating system and telematics-based products.
Crunchbase News · Dec 2025
Crunchbase reported the Series D valuation, more than $260M in cumulative funding, approximately 200 employees, and customers ranging from owner-operators to fleets with more than 500 trucks.
TechCrunch · Mar 2025
Nirvana raised an $80M Series C led by General Catalyst with Lightspeed and Valor participating. The article described telematics-based underwriting, more than $100M in premiums under management, usage-based pricing, and AI tools for underwriting and claims.
PR Newswire · Oct 2024
Nirvana announced a capacity partnership with MS Transverse, part of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, alongside continued capacity from an A+ rated global reinsurance panel.
PR Newswire · Oct 2023
Nirvana announced a $57M Series B led by Lightspeed, with General Catalyst and Valor participating. The funding was earmarked for AI, IoT, customer service, underwriting, product development, and expansion.
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