Snapsheet
Virtual auto-claims platform: photo-based FNOL, remote appraisals, and claims workflow that carriers white-label. One of the first "photo-first" entrants in US auto claims, founded 2011.
www.snapsheetclaims.com ↗Score
- Traction (named carrier deployments)2 carrier deployment(s) with public source.
- 1/5
- Maturity (years since founding)15 years since founding (2011).
- 5/5
- Coverage (insurance lines supported)1 line(s) supported: auto.
- 1/5
- Analyst recognition (Celent / Gartner / Forrester / Everest / ISG)3 mention(s).
- 2/5
What it does
Snapsheet is the pre-LLM pioneer of photo-first virtual auto claims. Founded in 2010-11 in Chicago by Brad Weisberg, its pitch in 2012 — let the policyholder upload smartphone photos and settle a minor auto claim remotely — was radical. Fifteen years later, it is the canonical "modern" rung on the FNOL and auto-damage-estimation stack.
Funding and scale. Approximately $82M raised across seed, Series A, Series B ($10M, 2015), Series C ($20M, 2016), Series D ($12M, 2017), and Series E ($30M, 2021, led by Ping An Global Voyager Fund). At that point Snapsheet publicly reported 150+ clients and $10B in processed claim volume.
Public carrier footprint. MetLife and USAA are named as strategic carrier partners in PR Newswire's Series C coverage. Beyond that, Snapsheet aggregates the claim that 16 of the top 20 P&C carriers use its platform.
Why this sits at "modern" rather than "AI-native". Snapsheet's photo-estimation relies on structured smartphone guidance and classical vision models, not generative AI. It shows the boundary well: ai-native entrants (Tractable) moved into damage estimation with end-to-end deep-learning pipelines; modern entrants (Snapsheet, CCC) still ship the dominant workflow muscle in production.
Named deployments
- MetLife (US)PR Newswire
- USAA (US)PR Newswire
Known limitations
- Snapsheet's claim that 16 of the top 20 US P&C carriers use its platform is aggregate vendor messaging; the two individually-named customers in press materials are MetLife and USAA. Treat the aggregate count as directional until more named case studies appear. (Snapsheet)