Ascend is a San Francisco-based financial operations platform purpose-built for the insurance industry. It automates the money workflows brokers, agencies, wholesalers, MGAs and carriers deal with every day - billing and invoicing, premium collection and financing, cash application, commission reconciliation and carrier payables - so businesses close their books faster and cut manual accounting work. Founded in 2021 by Andrew Wynn and Praveen Chekuri, the company is trusted by more than 4,000 insurance businesses, including over half of the 50 largest brokers in the US, and in 2026 agreed to merge with premium finance firm Honor Capital to form what the companies describe as insurance's first fully vertically integrated, AI-powered financial operations platform.
Fintary is an AI-powered revenue and commission operations platform built for insurance brokerages, carriers, and wealth firms. It automates the end-to-end commission lifecycle - data extraction, reconciliation, calculations, splits, overrides, bonuses, and payouts - while giving agencies real-time visibility into profitability by line, carrier, product, and producer. Founded in 2021 by former agency owner Qiyun Cai, the company turns the spreadsheet-heavy back office of insurance distribution into a source of growth.