PRINCEPS

Active · AI-native insurance company for the compute economy

YC S26

Website YC profile

Why it ranks

How the rank works

9signal of 100 · rising 9

went through YCProgram · this site+4
team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5
hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2

A sum of public facts, not a judgement and not investment advice.

Competitors

RisklyticsShared: data center, insurance, machine learningYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AI

HedgeShared: insurance, native, coverageYC X26San FranciscoStartup →AI

Coverage CatShared: insurance, machine learning, nativeYC S22New York CityStartup →AI

AI InsuranceShared: insurance, dollarYC W19New York CityStartup →AI

SoterisShared: machine learning, insurance, priceYC S19San FranciscoStartup →Other

LambdaShared: compute, gpuStartup →

Companies closest to PRINCEPS
Company	Category	Status	Program
RisklyticsShared: data center, insurance, machine learningYC F26ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCF26
HedgeShared: insurance, native, coverageYC X26ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCX26
Coverage CatShared: insurance, machine learning, nativeYC S22ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS22
AI InsuranceShared: insurance, dollarYC W19ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCW19
SoterisShared: machine learning, insurance, priceYC S19ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCS19
Lambdanot in a program hereShared: compute, gpuElsewhereOther	Other	Elsewhere

Adjacent

AIAcquired

CatamaranShared: insurance, machine learning, coverageYC S23LondonStartup →AI

AcoliteShared: insurance, native, coverageYC X25PhiladelphiaStartup →Other

SafetyWingShared: insuranceYC W18San FranciscoStartup →Other

ShepherdShared: insuranceYC W21San FranciscoStartup →Other

KinroShared: insurance, coverageYC X26San FranciscoStartup →

Companies next to PRINCEPS
Company	Category	Status	Program
CatamaranShared: insurance, machine learning, coverageYC S23AcquiredAI, Data	AI, Data	Acquired	YCS23
AcoliteShared: insurance, native, coverageYC X25ActiveAI	AI	Active	YCX25
SafetyWingShared: insuranceYC W18ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW18
ShepherdShared: insuranceYC W21ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCW21
KinroShared: insurance, coverageYC X26ActiveOther	Other	Active	YCX26

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Company	Category	Status
FlorinFlorin is an AI-native insurance company that runs autonomouslyteam of 3ActiveAI	AI	Active
Agentcardlet agents buy anything onlineteam of 4ActiveAI	AI	Active
Agnost AIWe find where AI agents fail, then train better models to run them.2 programsteam of 2ActiveAI, Data, Devtools	AI, Data, Devtools	Active
ArbitalThe social trading app for stocks, memes, and perpsteam of 3ActiveAI	AI	Active
AudunAI-native debt collection companyteam of 5hiringActiveAI	AI	Active
Autoresearch, Inc.Autoresearch as a service: we solve your hardest measurable problemsteam of 3ActiveAI, Devtools	AI, Devtools	Active

Founders

Conrad Frøyland MoeFounder/CEO
Anya TrofimovaFounder/COO

About PRINCEPS

PRINCEPS is the first purpose-built insurance company for the trillion-dollar compute buildout. We underwrite SLA, GPU residual value, and outage risk, and price the coverage that unlocks cheaper financing for data centers and neoclouds.

YC batch: S26 · Summer 2026
Status, per YC: Active
Category: AI
Team size: 2
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Founded: 2026
Checked: 6h ago

YC tags: Fintech, Machine Learning, Insurance, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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HiringOct 8, 2026

Started hiring.

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PRINCEPS in S26: 229 companies, 88% AI

PRINCEPS: questions

Which YC batch was PRINCEPS in?

PRINCEPS was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).

Is PRINCEPS still active?

Y Combinator lists PRINCEPS as active.

Who founded PRINCEPS?

PRINCEPS's founders, as listed on its YC page: Conrad Frøyland Moe (Founder/CEO), Anya Trofimova (Founder/COO).

Where is PRINCEPS based?

PRINCEPS lists London, England, United Kingdom as its location on YC's directory.