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Teneo Built a Company for the Phone Call No CEO Wants
A communications boutique became a 1,800-person advisory machine by buying the specialists executives need when reputation, capital, risk and leadership collide. Its hardest assignment arrived when the crisis was its own.
AcuityX Wants to Fix the Expensive Gap Between the Plan and the Work
The Abu Dhabi consultancy has bundled company formation, executive search, advisory and people performance into one operator-led firm. Its bet is that strategy works better when the people advising have also carried the operational consequences.
WithCoverage
WithCoverage is a New York-based insurtech that replaces the traditional commission-based insurance broker with a flat-fee, AI-enabled risk management team. Its platform pairs licensed insurance experts, attorneys and claims specialists with an AI audit engine that scans policies and operations to find hidden exposures, run competitive carrier bidding, and cut premiums - routinely saving clients over $100,000 a year. Founded in 2023 by Opendoor co-founder JD Ross and Compound alumnus Max Brenner, the company has replaced brokers for 550+ fast-growing businesses including Gopuff, Bombas, Blank Street and Eight Sleep, and raised a $42M Series B in January 2026 co-led by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures.