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Corgi

Corgi, founded in 2024, is a San Francisco financial technology company with businesses in AI-powered insurance and ETFs.

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ETFs

CNBCCNBCCNBC is an American business and financial news cable channel launched by NBC in 1989; it merged with its rival FNN in 1991 and since January 2026 has been part of Versant Media Group, spun off from Comcast.Open the full entry reported ETF launches beginning in December 2025. Laqua said AI accelerated regulatory paperwork and that investing insurance float helped motivate the fund business.⁠[1]

Carrier

Corgi announced Corgi Insurance Company, Inc., expanding admitted commercial insurance capacity. Eligible policies may receive state guaranty association protection, subject to statutory limits and exclusions.⁠[2]

Property

Corgi expanded rental and community association insurance, with lease-embedded liability coverage for commercial tenants, subject to eligibility, underwriting and policy terms.⁠[3]

Reporting

Business InsiderBusiness InsiderBusiness Insider is a digital business-news organization.Open the full entry reported May rounds of $160 million and $106 million and a source’s $5 billion September valuation. AppFolio alleged customer deception by Corgi subsidiary Beagle, which countersued; both denied allegations, and litigation continued.⁠[4]

Cafe Reporting

The San Francisco Standard reported a Dogpatch closure for lacking a valid health permit; Corgi cited an administrative issue and planned reopening. After pests were found in New York, Corgi reported hiring pest control; a reporter found it open.⁠[5]

Insurance Operations

Investor TCV describes Corgi’s in-house underwriting, policy administration and claims systems serving distribution partners and insured customers. Cofounders Nico Laqua and Emily Yuan serve as CEO and COO, respectively.⁠[6]

Carriers and Administrator

The website distinguishes carriers from Corgi Insurance Services, Inc., a producer and program administrator, not an insurer. Affiliated or partner carriers include Corgi Insurance Company and TRRG; state insolvency guaranty funds do not cover TRRG policies.⁠[7]

Asset Management

Corgi Invest is the asset management arm. Its website identifies Corgi Strategies, LLC as its operator and an SEC-registered investment adviser, offering thematic, leveraged, buffered and fixed-income ETFs.⁠[8]

Cafes and Transport

Corgi Cafe serves founder and developer communities through all-night cafes, events and partnerships, listing locations in San Francisco, New York, Atlanta and London.⁠[9]

Its shuttle page lists San Francisco services between Y Combinator and Corgi Cafe.⁠[10]

Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts

Sources

  1. The VC-backed fintech using AI to challenge BlackRock and start a new fee war in ETFs (opens in a new window)
  2. Corgi Insurance Launches Admitted Insurance Carrier (opens in a new window)
  3. Corgi Insurance Expands to Rental and Community Association Insurance as Property Owners Face Coverage Constraints (opens in a new window)
  4. Corgi girls, ugly lawsuits, and doggy drama: Inside a wild $5 billion startup (opens in a new window)
  5. Selling AI insurance was hard enough. Then they got into the cafe business (opens in a new window)
  6. Corgi: Building an AI-Native Insurance Platform (opens in a new window)
  7. About Corgi | Corgi Insurance (opens in a new window)
  8. About Corgi Invest (opens in a new window)
  9. Corgi Cafe — San Francisco's First 24/7 Cafe (opens in a new window)
  10. Corgi Shuttle (opens in a new window)
  11. Corgi (@UseCorgi) (opens in a new window)
  12. Corgi (opens in a new window)