Ethos Technologies

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Ethos
Company type Private
Industry Financial technology
Founded2016;9 years ago (2016)
FoundersPeter Colis, Lingke Wang [1]
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
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United States [2]
Key people
Peter Colis (CEO)
ProductsLife insurance
Website www.ethos.com

Ethos Technologies (Ethos) is an American insurance technology company. [2] The company was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in Austin Texas.

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History

Ethos was founded in 2016 by Peter Colis and Lingke Wang. [3] [1] The company's strategy was to simplify the process of buying life insurance, including eliminating medical exams. [3]

In July 2021, the company was valued at $2.7 billion after a $100 million investment from Japanese investment holding company Softbank. [4]

Products

Ethos develops machine learning and data science technology to help customers buy life insurance policies online. [4] [2] The company is not itself an insurer, but is a technology platform providing producer, third party administrator, and underwriting services for life insurance policies created by insurers. [1] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shieber, Jonathan (October 30, 2018). "The Jay-Z-backed life insurance startup, Ethos, has raised $35 million". TechCrunch.
  2. 1 2 3 Tan, Gillian; Lipschultz, Bailey (March 21, 2025). "Insurance Startup Ethos Taps Goldman as It Explores Going Public". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bastone, Nick. "Ethos wants to make signing up for life insurance a pain-free process. Here's the pitch deck that convinced Alphabet's GV investing arm that it's worth $500 million". Business Insider.
  4. 1 2 3 Beltran, Luisa. "Insurtech Ethos Valued at $2.7 Billion After SoftBank Investment". Barrons.
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