AI insurance underwriting is past the pitch deck—Gradient AI just got the capital to prove it

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AI insurance underwriting has been called the next frontier of insurtech for years. The difference now is that the money backing it has moved from venture bets into institutional conviction. On March 3, Boston-based Gradient AI securedgrowth capital financing from CIBC Innovation Banking, a lender with over 25 years of experience backing growth-stage technology companies and more than US$11 billion in funds managed across North America.

The amount was not disclosed, but the nature of the backer is telling. CIBC Innovation Banking does not write cheques for concept plays. It has backed more than 700 venture and private equity-backed businesses over the past six and a half years. When it enters a sector, it is because it sees a market that is maturing, not one still being defined.