THE REPORT
WEEK OF NOV 2, 2026
Week of October 26 - 31, 2026 (Part 2: M&A & Buyouts)
13 transactions | Guidewire buys hyperexponential for $1.7B, Thrive acquires ADT for $15.3B, and CopperPoint buys GIG for $84.3M
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EPISODE 176
Greg Patnod, Co-Founder & CEO of 1-800-INSURANCE
Co-Founder & CEO, 1-800-INSURANCE · NOV 4
Hot Lead, High Intent: Greg Patnod on 1-800-INSURANCE, Lead Gen for Insurers and Voice AI
EP 175: Stephen Todres | Investor, American Family VenturesOCT 28
Don't Build for What VCs Fund: Stephen Todres on the Great Agency Reset, Human Agents and Concentrated Venture Capital
EP 174: Steve Johnson | Founder & Chief Product Officer, insured.ioOCT 19
The Pizza Tracker for Claims: Steve Johnson on Insurance UX, Mobile and AI With Guardrails
EP 173: Duncan Crystal | Co-Founder & CRO, HeraldOCT 6
Why One API Wasn't Enough: Duncan Crystal on Strategic Placement at Scale
EP 172: Yehuda Daniel Katz | Founder, RiskRemedySEP 22
He Got Into Insurance for Revenge. Then He Built the Library the Industry Never Had.
EP 171: Michael Nadel | Partner and Global Head of Insurance, Simon-KucherSEP 16
Nine Months After the SaaSpocalypse: What Michael Nadel Actually Learned
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