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Fernstone

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AI-native insurance brokerage.

Fall 2025Founded 20252 peopleNew York City, NY, USA
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Fernstone is an AI-native insurance brokerage: we combine AI with licensed brokers to obtain complex insurance faster, and at better terms. Today, we manage risk for 100+ businesses in construction, security, and the trades.

Founders ยท 2

James Chen
James ChenCo-founder
BCG

Building Fernstone. Previously created and led the Enterprise function at Traba (Series A), growing it from 0 to 25% of company revenue. Ex BCG and UChicago. Former debate champion, ranked #1 in the USA out of 10,000 teams.

Bryant Le
Bryant LeCo-Founder
Google

Building Fernstone. Former Engineering @ Google and SentiLink (Series B, a16z). Previously Vanderbilt Applied Math / CS.

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