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Insurance for deep tech builders

Insurance for teams that build hard things.

You design it, test it, build it and put it to work. We build coverage around the hardware, the contracts and the people behind it.

For deep tech builders, from El Segundo to wherever the next breakthrough takes shape.

Who we insure

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Space and orbital systems

Launch and reentry, satellites, orbital platforms, in-space servicing and manufacturing, orbital data centers, super conducting electromagnets, VASIMR, Hall-effect thrusters, Ion Drives

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Defense tech

Autonomy, munitions programs, sensing, directed-energy weapons, hypersonic glide vehicles, counter-drone systems, electromagnetic railguns

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Robotics

Industrial robots, autonomous machines, robotic systems, humanoid robots, surgical robots, swarm robots, underwater robots, agricultural robots, prosthetics and bionic limbs

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Drones and UAS

Unmanned aircraft, payloads, ground systems, heavy-lift cargo, HAPS, drone swarms, inspection, search and rescue, VTOL, loitering munition

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AI and ML

Advanced neural architectures, predictive modeling, neuromorphic computing, computer vision, autonomous systems, compute and data centers

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Quantum

Quantum processors, cryogenic and control hardware, quantum simulation of complex physics and chemistry problems, time crystals, quantum nano diamond

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Semiconductors

Microchip design, neuromorphic chips and processors, advanced AI chips and accelerators, advanced fabrication, optical and photonic systems, hardware integration

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Biotech

Drug discovery, gene editing, engineered biological materials, CRISPR, lab-grown, synthetic biology, longevity therapeutics, DNA data storage

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Atomic nuclear fusion

Microreactors, fusion devices, fuel and isotopes, tokamaks, stellarators, laser inertial-confinement fusion, magnetized target fusion, tritium breeding and fuel-cycle, superconducting magnets, small modular reactors, molten salt reactors

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CleanTech

Fusion power, alternative materials, carbon capture and carbon reduction infrastructure, grid storage, superconducting magnets

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Advanced materials

Liquid crystals and photonic materials, engineered and functional materials, composites, precision machining, hardware integration

Part 1

The core coverages to build on

Defects or failures in products and components that ship to customers or integrate into larger systems.

  • Property damage from products
  • Bodily injury linked to product use
  • Product recall and recovery costs
  • Failure to warn exposure
  • Software defect and firmware recall
  • Failure of safety-critical components

Errors, omissions and negligent acts that cause financial harm, not physical damage.

  • Errors or faults in design work
  • Failure to meet specifications
  • Misstatements in proposals and reports
  • Delay costs linked to professional work

Products and services built around software, data and connected systems.

  • Technology E&O coverage
  • Cyber and data breach response
  • Business interruption from system failure
  • Regulatory and privacy compliance
  • Ransomware and extortion response
  • AI model data breach

The hardware between your facility, your customer and a launch site or range.

  • Transit and shipping exposures
  • Storage and warehouse property
  • Customs and international carriage
  • Installation and commissioning exposures
  • Launch site logistics
  • Temperature-controlled and cryogenic transit

Crewed and optionally piloted aircraft, including test flights and hull exposures.

  • Hull and aircraft property
  • Liability for crewed and uncrewed operations
  • Test flights and experimental certificates
  • Ground operations and hangar exposures

Protection for leadership, employees and the company as you raise and hire.

  • Directors and officers coverage
  • Employment practices liability
  • Key person insurance
  • Crime coverage for key personnel
  • Founder disability and succession
  • Employee invention and IP assignment disputes

Part 2

What we cover

Pre-launch, launch, on-orbit and reentry exposures for vehicles, satellites, orbital platforms and payloads. We review ground operations, launch and orbital exposures as distinct parts of your project or program.

  • Pre-launch and ground operations
  • Launch and flight coverage
  • In-orbit and on-orbit property
  • Reentry and recovery exposures
  • Third-party liability for launch and space operations
  • Electric propulsion testing (Hall-effect thrusters, ion drives, VASIMR)
  • Superconducting magnet and cryogenic propulsion components
  • In-space servicing and debris removal liability
  • Satellite constellation exposures
  • Launch delay and postponement costs
  • Orbital data center property and liability

Liability, professional and contract compliance coverage built around government and prime contract requirements.

  • Government contract liability
  • Professional liability for technical programs
  • Security clearance and personnel exposure
  • Supply chain and subcontractor risk
  • Defense trade controls and export compliance
  • Directed-energy weapons testing liability
  • Hypersonic test-flight exposures
  • Counter-drone system liability
  • Electromagnetic railgun testing exposures
  • Classified program and SCIF facility exposures
  • Munitions storage and live-fire range liability

Robots and autonomous machines working beside people, in plants and in the field.

  • Robotic operations liability
  • Product liability for autonomous systems
  • Property and equipment for robotic systems
  • Professional liability for robotic engineering
  • Business interruption from equipment failure
  • Humanoid robot public interaction liability
  • Surgical robotics liability
  • Swarm robotics coordination failure
  • Underwater robotics operations
  • Agricultural robotics liability
  • Prosthetics and bionic limb product liability

Physical damage and liability for unmanned aircraft you build, test or operate.

  • UAS hull and payload coverage
  • Third-party liability for unmanned operations
  • Regulatory and airspace compliance
  • Testing and test-flight exposures
  • Payload and sensor coverage
  • Heavy-lift cargo drone operations
  • HAPS (high-altitude pseudo-satellite) operations
  • Drone swarm operations liability
  • BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) operations
  • Inspection drone liability
  • Search and rescue drone operations
  • eVTOL and air taxi test operations
  • Loitering munition exposures

Models, compute and autonomy where software decisions reach the physical world.

  • E&O for AI systems and outputs
  • Product liability for AI-driven hardware
  • Data handling and model risk
  • IP exposure from training data and outputs
  • AI model failure and business interruption
  • Algorithmic bias and discrimination liability
  • Autonomous decision-making errors
  • Adversarial attack and model theft response
  • AI regulatory compliance (EU AI Act, state AI laws)
  • Model recall and retraining costs

Fragile, high value systems operating at the edge of physics.

  • Specialized equipment coverage
  • Cryogenic systems and facilities
  • Professional liability for quantum engineering
  • Data and research exposures
  • Supply chain delays for custom components
  • Quantum sensing liability (NV-diamond sensors)
  • Cryogenic failure and dilution refrigerator damage
  • Quantum computing service interruption
  • Quantum encryption and key distribution exposures
  • Novel quantum materials research (time crystals)

Chips, lasers and optics from design through fabrication and integration.

  • Fabrication and manufacturing exposures
  • Yield and rework costs
  • Inventory and components in transit
  • IP and trade secret exposure
  • Customer and supply chain risk
  • Cleanroom contamination and yield loss
  • Fab equipment breakdown
  • Advanced packaging and chiplet integration risk
  • Export controls on advanced chips
  • Photonics and optical component failure
  • Counterfeit chip detection and recall

Labs, platforms and engineered biology moving toward products.

  • Clinical and research exposures
  • Product liability for therapies and devices
  • IP and trade secret exposure
  • Equipment and facility coverage
  • Trial and regulatory compliance
  • CRISPR and gene-editing clinical liability
  • Cultivated meat product liability
  • Synthetic biology and engineered organism exposures
  • Longevity therapeutic trial liability
  • DNA data storage and genetic privacy
  • Biosecurity and dual-use research exposures

Specialized programs for reactors, fusion devices, fuel and isotope work. Standard general liability policies exclude the nuclear energy hazard, so this is placed on its own. Fission and fusion programs carry different exposures, and each is reviewed on its own facts.

  • Nuclear liability and property coverage
  • Construction risk for fusion facilities
  • Professional liability for nuclear engineering
  • Environmental liability
  • Supply chain and materials risk
  • Tokamak and stellarator construction risk
  • Laser inertial-confinement fusion facility exposures
  • Tritium handling and fuel-cycle liability
  • Superconducting magnet quench and damage
  • SMR deployment risk
  • Molten salt reactor operations
  • Fusion neutron and radiation exposures

Energy and carbon reduction projects from pilot plant to grid.

  • Construction risk for energy infrastructure
  • Operational property and liability
  • Grid and interconnection exposures
  • Business interruption for power generation
  • Energy trading and market risk
  • Carbon capture and storage liability
  • Green hydrogen production and storage
  • Battery storage fire and thermal runaway
  • Offshore wind construction and operations
  • Carbon credit and offset market risk

New materials and the lines that make them.

  • Manufacturing and fabrication exposure
  • Product liability for new materials
  • Supply chain and materials risk
  • IP and trade secret exposure
  • Equipment and facility coverage
  • Nanomaterials exposures
  • Composite failure and delamination
  • Additive manufacturing / 3D printing liability
  • Smart materials and shape-memory alloys
  • Material certification failure

Part 3

Fight back when someone steals what you built

Protect your inventions, products, patents, and codes. IP enforcement insurance funds the legal work to stop an infringer, so a well funded copycat does not win by outlasting you

What your IP could be worth

R&D investment

The time and capital to build it

Revenue and market share

What a copy takes from you

Trade secrets and know-how

The knowledge that sets you apart

Brand and reputation

What customers trust you to deliver

What enforcement coverage pays toward

Pursue an infringement claim

Costs of bringing action against an infringer

Carry the claim through trial

Legal costs through a verdict

Negotiate a settlement

Costs to negotiate terms with an infringer

Pay the costs of losing

Costs awarded to a defendant if a claim fails

Fight Back focuses on the legal costs of enforcing your intellectual property rights.

How a coverage review works

01

Send a coverage request

Tell us what you build, where you are in development and what is coming up next.

02

Review your risks

We review the project or program, the contracts, and your unique risks with you.

03

We secure your coverage

We build your coverage with insurers who understand deep tech and what you do.

04

We stay with you

Ongoing review through launches, contracts and milestones, and support when a claim happens.

Send a coverage request

Start with a short outline of your project or program. We follow up with the questions that matter for your build.

Your request will be emailed to our team for follow up.

Request received

Thanks — your coverage request is with our team. We follow up with the questions that matter for your build.