Shepherd vs Duckie

Side-by-side comparison of AI visibility scores, market position, and capabilities

Shepherd leads in AI visibility (29 vs 25)

Shepherd

EmergingInsurance Tech

General

YC-backed construction insurance MGA with technology-enabled underwriting for GC general liability and workers' comp; $22.3M with $13.5M Costanoa Series A achieving 5x GWP growth for construction sector insurance.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D29
Category Rank
#1080 of 1167
AI Consensus
62%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
27
Perplexity
23
Gemini
28

About

Shepherd Insurance is a New York-based insurance technology company providing technology-enabled commercial insurance specifically for the construction industry — writing General Liability, Commercial Auto, Workers' Compensation, and Excess Liability policies for general contractors and construction enterprises. Founded in 2021 and backed by Y Combinator with $22.3 million raised including a $13.5 million Series A led by Costanoa Ventures, Shepherd achieved five-fold growth in Gross Written Premiums year-over-year and expanded from one to four commercial insurance product lines serving the high-risk and underserved construction insurance market.

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Duckie

EmergingInfrastructure

IT Operations

SF YC W24 AI support agent builder at 80% resolution time reduction and 71% ticket deflection; $500K from a16z/Greylock/YC/Netflix competing with Intercom Fin for customer support AI workflow automation.

AI VisibilityBeta
Overall Score
D25
Category Rank
#18 of 68
AI Consensus
59%
Trend
stable
Per Platform
ChatGPT
33
Perplexity
19
Gemini
36

About

Duckie is a San Francisco-based AI customer support platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, KungHo Fund, Netflix, and 5 additional investors — providing customer support teams with an AI agent builder that translates existing support processes and workflows into predictable, reliable AI automation, achieving 80% reduction in resolution time and 71% ticket deflection for deployed teams. Founded in 2023 and targeting customer support leaders at growth-stage software companies, Duckie enables support teams to deploy AI agents in minutes without engineering dependency.

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AI Visibility Head-to-Head

29
Overall Score
25
#1080
Category Rank
#18
62
AI Consensus
59
stable
Trend
stable
27
ChatGPT
33
23
Perplexity
19
28
Gemini
36
22
Claude
31
38
Grok
34

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