Scout InsurTech Interview with Danti

Danti is an AI-powered spatial knowledge platform that makes it easy to search and understand disparate data tied to physical places on Earth. Chris Luiz, Co-Founder and CEO at Scout InsurTech, sat down with Co-Founder and CEO Jesse Kallman to discuss how Danti is simplifying access to complex geospatial insights and what it means for real-world decision-making.

Who are your clients?

Our primary customers today are U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, including the U.S. Space Force, NGA and other federal organizations. We are now expanding into the insurance sector, particularly property carriers, applying the same technology to help insurers better understand asset-level risk and impact, along with better connecting data across their organization and various vendors.

What does your product do? 

Our platform connects highly disparate data sources, imagery, property data, claims systems, analytics tools, weather modeling, without centralizing them into a single repository. It adds a knowledge layer that translates that data into usable answers, allowing users of any skill to ask natural-language questions and receive actionable insights in seconds. From the Head of Claims to a new underwriter.

How much capital have you raised? 

We have raised approximately $10.5 million across two venture rounds, led by Shield Capital, Susa Ventures, Tech Square Ventures.

Was the company born from within or outside the industry? 

The company was born within the defense and intelligence sector. However, members of our leadership team have deep experience in insurance, property analytics, drones, and satellite-based claims applications.

What growth metrics have you accomplished over the last 12 months? 

We have been doubling revenue year over year and recently surpassed $5 million in government revenue. Over the past 12 months, we moved from pilot deployments to large-scale rollouts, with one federal customer expanding to hundreds and potentially thousands of users globally.

Within your domain, what is the current challenge that the industry is facing? 

In both government and insurance, the core problem is fragmentation. There has been an explosion of analytics tools, data providers, imagery platforms, claims systems, and risk models, each solving a narrow piece of the puzzle.

What is missing is enterprise-level integration that allows organizations to leverage all of those investments coherently. Insurers may spend millions on imagery or analytics tools, yet access is often limited to small teams, leaving underwriters or claims professionals without visibility into the broader data ecosystem. The result is massive underutilization of valuable information.

How does Danti take a unique approach to providing value? 

We connect disparate systems without forcing centralization into a single data lake. Instead, we create interoperability across systems and layer in contextual intelligence that translates raw data into meaning.

This allows anyone, from an SVP of Claims to a field adjuster, to ask a question in plain language and instantly access relevant information across imagery, policy data, risk analytics, and public sources. The goal is not just data aggregation, but operational accessibility at scale.

What inspired the team to start this company? 

The company was born out of deep frustration. In the defense world, billions of dollars were being spent on intelligence systems that frontline users struggled to access. We saw military units resort to workarounds just to obtain timely information.

In parallel, in commercial sectors like insurance, we saw similar inefficiencies. Drones, satellites, property analytics, and core systems all existed, but rarely worked together in a seamless way. The company was founded to eliminate that fragmentation and make complex data ecosystems usable in real time.

Can you share any goals for the next 12 months? 

Our primary goal is scaling. In government, that means moving from single-digit to double-digit million-dollar prime contracts and competing with major infrastructure providers.

At the same time, we are focused on expanding into the commercial insurance market and proving that our platform can deliver the same level of impact outside the public sector.

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