The Autonomous Economy is where billions of AI agents (digital workers) and billions of robots (physical workers) execute economic work end-to-end and securely transact — without humans in the loop. It is the shift from tools that make humans more productive to systems that perform the work entirely on their own. Harper is an example of this in action: an AI-native brokerage that executes the insurance workflow end-to-end, rather than assisting a human broker.Learn more about the AE thesis →

Untapped invests at pre-seed and seed in AE-native companies — founders building AI that executes work end-to-end, not assists it. We back founders before categories have names, before there is consensus, and before the opportunity is obvious to everyone else. If you are building the Autonomous Economy, we want to hear from you.Pitch us →

Harper's Series A was led by Emergence Capital, with Y Combinator, Peak XV, Antler, 10X Founders, Fellows Fund, Outset Capital, and Untapped Ventures participating. The round brought total funding to $47M and was announced in early 2026.Read the full announcement →

Untapped backs founders who see a category before it exists. The pattern we look for: rare domain credibility combined with genuine AI-first thinking — people who understand the industry they are disrupting at an operational level and are rebuilding it from first principles rather than bolting AI onto legacy infrastructure. Team comes first, always.