Mount is an AI insurance carrier that provides liability coverage for deployed AI agents. The company scans and red-teams AI deployments, quantifies operational risks, and insures residual risk with purpose-built AI liability policies, targeting mid-market and enterprise companies running autonomous AI agents in production. It was founded by Fabian Amherd, who studied computer science and machine learning at ETH Zürich, and John Bachmann, who previously founded and scaled an AI-first media company. Mount is based in San Francisco and is part of Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch.
Mount
ActiveThe AI Insurance Carrier
Total raised
$500K
1 round
Stage
Seed
Jan 2026
Team
1-10
since 2026
Pricing
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Founded
2026
San Francisco, United States
Agent-ready
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AI insurance carrier providing liability coverage for AI agents
Scans and red-teams AI agent deployments
Quantifies operational risk of deployed agents
Underwrites purpose-built AI liability policies
Insures residual risk after risk assessment
Targets mid-market and enterprise AI deployments
Combines security assessment with insurance coverage
Focused on autonomous agents running in production
12/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
Jan 2026 Seed $500K ● Y Combinator
Capital network
$500K raised ·1 backer·10 network links
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- What is Mount?
- Mount is an AI insurance carrier that provides liability coverage for deployed AI agents, combining risk assessment with purpose-built policies.
- How does Mount assess risk?
- It scans and red-teams AI deployments, quantifies operational risks, and then insures the residual risk.
- Who is Mount for?
- It targets mid-market and enterprise companies running autonomous AI agents in production.
- Who founded Mount?
- It was founded by Fabian Amherd, who studied computer science and machine learning at ETH Zürich, and John Bachmann, who previously founded and scaled an AI-first media company.
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