保险软件制造商 Guidewire 周二表示，将以 17 亿美元现金加上最多 4 亿美元的营收目标对价收购 hyperexponential，以拓展帮助保险公司评估定价和风险的 AI 工具。
Oct 27 : Insurance software maker Guidewire said on Tuesday it would buy hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash and up to $400 million more if revenue targets are met, to expand into AI tools that help insurers assess price and risk.
总部位于伦敦的 hyperexponential 为商业财产和意外险保险公司提供 AI 驱动的承保和定价软件。
• London-based hyperexponential makes AI-powered underwriting and pricing software for commercial property and casualty insurers
Guidewire 表示，此次交易将让 AI 智能体与承保人协同工作，共同评估风险、定价并做出决策。
• The deal will let AI agents work alongside underwriters to assess risk, price it and make decisions, Guidewire said
Guidewire 将以美国银行和花旗银行提供的 10 亿美元新增定期贷款以及手头现金为交易提供资金。
• It will fund the deal with $1 billion in new term loans from Bank of America and Citibank as well as cash on hand
交易预计将在 Guidewire 2027 财年第二季度完成，不会影响其第一季度业绩预期。
• The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of Guidewire’s fiscal 2027 and will not affect its first-quarter forecast
Guidewire 的软件被 44 个国家的 570 多家财产和意外险保险公司使用。
• Guidewire’s software is used by more than 570 property and casualty insurers in 44 countries