Rune Kvist, CEO & Founder of the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC), joins Sourcery to break down how his team is building the confidence infrastructure for AI adoption — and why every AI agent will soon need to be certified and insured.

AIUC just came out of stealth with a $15M seed round led by Nat Friedman (NFDG), with participation from Emergence, Terrain, Ben Mann (Anthropic co-founder), former CISOs of Google Cloud & MongoDB, and other top AI operators.

Rune was the first product & GTM hire at Anthropic, and now he’s building the “confidence infrastructure” for the AGI era — combining standards (AIUC-1), audits, and insurance to de-risk AI deployments.

Key Takeaways:

• CEO Rune Kvist: Anthropic’s first product & GTM hire

• AIUC is building insurance, standards, and audits for AI agents

• Enterprises won’t adopt AI without trust & accountability

• AI agent failures — like hallucinations or leaks — are inevitable

• AIUC-1 is a fast-updating standard to certify agents (SOC 2 for AI)

• Every AI agent will need certification and insurance

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Visit Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company: https://aiuc.com

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(00:00) Launching AIUC: $15M Seed Led by Nat Friedman

(01:49) What AIUC Does: Insurance, Standards, and Audits for AI Agents

(04:20) History Repeats: How Insurance Enabled Innovation (Franklin, UL, Cars)

(08:14) The AI Divide: OpenAI vs Anthropic vs SSI

(10:39) Confidence Infrastructure: Helping Enterprises Trust AI

(14:13) How AIUC Tests Agents & Updates Standards Frequently

(17:03) Underwriting AI: Modeling Risk When Agents Go Rogue

(21:40) From AGI to Superintelligence: What Comes Next?

(28:36) Why AI Regulation Won’t Be Federal This Year

(34:36) What Is a Kill Switch — And Do We Need One?

(39:28): One Dominant Standard for AI Insurance

(45:41) What Enterprise AI Will Look Like in 3–5 Years

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