NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Sigma, the AI claims technology company, today announced that Starr, a global investment and insurance organization, has selected Five Sigma's AI-native Claims Management Platform and Clive™, the Multi-Agent AI Claims Expert, to support the next phase of its digital claims transformation.
"The future of claims isn't about digitizing legacy processes, it's about reimagining what's possible when you build on true AI-native infrastructure from the ground up," said Oded Barak, Co-founder and CEO of Five Sigma. "Starr is a market leader that underwrites complexity at scale. Their decision to partner with Five Sigma reflects a strategic commitment to modernizing claims operations and advancing the standard for the industry."
David Fitzgerald, Global Chief Claims Officer at Starr said, "We chose Five Sigma because they truly understand the complexity of global commercial and specialty claims. We're giving our adjusters the best tools available, creating a single source of truth, and delivering the kind of claims experience that keeps policyholders with us for decades."
Five Sigma's AI Claims Management Platform, together with Clive™, the insurance industry's first multi-agent AI Claims Expert, embeds intelligence directly into every stage of the claims lifecycle. The platform continuously analyzes data, orchestrates workflows, and guides adjusters in real time - enabling faster, more accurate decisions from first notice of loss (FNOL) through resolution. With Five Sigma, Starr can drive material reductions in cycle times, lower loss adjustment expense, and significantly increase adjuster productivity across its claims operations.
"Starr's transformation is a blueprint for what every commercial and specialty insurer should be thinking about right now," said Barak. "The carriers that move decisively to AI infrastructure today will be best positioned to lead their markets tomorrow."
About Five Sigma
Five Sigma provides AI-native claims management technology to insurers, MGAs, TPAs, and reinsurers. Clive™, Five Sigma's award-winning Multi-Agent AI Claims Expert, acts as an AI adjuster that works on any existing claims management system. Clive automates routine tasks, dynamically plans claim handling, and advances claims according to each insurer's operating procedures, adding intelligence and automation to any platform. Five Sigma's customers report measurable improvements in claims operations: cost savings, productivity gains, faster cycle time, and superior policyholder service. To learn more about how Five Sigma is transforming claims, visit fivesigmalabs.com.
About Starr
Starr is a leading global investment and insurance organization with a presence on six continents. Through its operating insurance companies, Starr provides property, casualty, and accident and health insurance products, as well as a range of specialty coverages, including aviation, marine, energy, and excess casualty insurance. Starr's insurance company subsidiaries domiciled in the U.S., Bermuda, China, Hong Kong, Malta, Singapore, Switzerland, and the U.K. each have an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent). Starr's Lloyd's syndicate has a Standard & Poor's rating of "A+" (Strong). Starr is the marketing name for the investment business of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. and the insurance and travel assistance companies of Starr International Company, Inc., and their subsidiaries. Click here to learn more: https://starr.com/
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Starr Modernizes P&C and Specialty Claims with Five Sigma's AI Claims Platform and Clive™
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2025, KnowMade, a globally renowned intellectual property (IP) research firm under Yole Group, released its LiDAR for Automotive Patent Landscape Analysis 2025, recognizing Hesai as a leader in the global lidar industry. In the report, Hesai ranks first among lidar companies in both total patent holdings and overall patent strength, and third globally behind Bosch and Waymo, underscoring the company's sustained technological innovation and established leadership in the lidar market.
From 2021 to 2025, Hesai has been leading the industry in total patent holdings, building a multi-country, multi-tiered patent network across key technologies, including lidar ASICs, optical systems, signal processing, and functional safety. As of November 2025, the company had accumulated a total of 2,071 granted patents and pending applications, maintaining the highest number lidar-related patents across key automotive and robotics markets worldwide.
Lidar IP Leadership 2021–2025: Hesai Ranks No.1 Among LiDAR Pure Players
Hesai's Extensive Patent Portfolio Set Global Trends in the Lidar Technology
Since July 2021, Hesai has filed over 920 patent applications, forming 558 patent families, including 400 new invention patents. This portfolio is underpinned by a clear vision built on two pillars. First, the company is establishing a global patent protection network across all major markets, leveraging multiple international mechanisms, including the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the U.S. patent system, and the European patent framework. Second, the company's patents cover the entire lidar value chain, from emission (VCSEL) and reception (SPAD/SiPM, APD) to system integration, while securing leading positions in segments such as anti-interference, 1550nm technology, MEMS, metasurfaces, and AI. This leadership is not merely quantitative but reflects a systematic, forward-looking technological approach that provides critical IP support for continuous product iteration and reinforces its competitiveness on a global scale.
Global Leader in Anti-Interference Patents
Driven by a strong focus on safety, anti-interference has become a core pillar of lidar reliability. KnowMade's report recognizes Hesai as the industry leader in this area, holding 33 anti-interference patent families that ensure dependable performance in complex real-world environments. The company's proprietary Intelligent Processing Engine (IPE) combines ultra-high-speed sampling at 24.6 billion times per second with intelligent filtering that removes over 99.9% of environmental noise. This significantly enhances perception accuracy under challenging conditions and enables reliable all-weather sensing regardless of lighting.
To further strengthen safety and detection reliability, Hesai has developed Addressable Photon Isolation (API) technology that enables independent control of each laser transmit and receive channel, mitigating blooming and ensuring high-precision point clouds even in challenging weather scenarios such as rain or fog.
Core Components Developed 100% In-House, Leading the Industry with Total SPAD/SiPM Patents
Additionally, Hesai also ranks first globally in patent holdings across three core lidar components: SPAD/SiPM detectors, VCSEL emitters, and APD detectors. In the SPAD/SiPM segment, the company's patent portfolio is twice as much of the second-ranked company, Bosch, and up to forty times larger than those of other industry peers.
After four generations of ASIC platform development, Hesai is the only lidar company in the world to develop all seven core components in-house, including its laser transmitter, receiver, driver, TIA, ADC, digital signal processor, and controller. Sixteen of Hesai's in-house developed ASICs have received AEC-Q automotive qualification, with total deliveries reaching 185 million units, ranking no.1 in the lidar industry globally.
Leading the World in Lidar Patent Strength
"Patent strength" reflects a combination of factors, including the number of granted patents, forward citations, geographic coverage, and active patent families. The report names Hesai a world leader not only in patent quantity but also in overall patent strength. The company's patent portfolio features a strength index of 2,549, an average family strength of 4.57, and a technological impact factor of 0.20, ranking third globally behind Bosch and Waymo.
In 2025, Hesai achieved a landmark year, delivering over 1.6 million lidar units, including 1.4 million lidars for ADAS and over 200,000 units for the robotics market. The company's cumulative deliveries surpassed 2 million units in November, making Hesai the first lidar company worldwide to reach this achievement.
At CES 2026, Hesai announced plans to double its annual production capacity to 4 million units and the construction of a new factory in Thailand. The company also established a strategic partnership with Nvidia to advance large-scale deployment of L4 autonomous driving, marking a major step forward in the company's global expansion.
Looking ahead to 2026, Hesai will maintain its focus on the automotive and robotics markets, advancing global smart mobility and embodied intelligence through continuous innovation and reliable large-scale production. As a critical "eye" for AI infrastructure, Hesai is dedicated to making safer, smarter perception capabilities a standard in the era of connected intelligence.
Read the full report here: https://www.knowmade.com/patent-analytics-services/patent-report/semiconductor-patent-landscape/sensing-imaging-patent-landscape/lidar-for-automotive-patent-landscape-analysis-2025/
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Hesai Ranks No.1 in the World for Lidar Patents by KnowMade
