In an effort to feature more insurtechs, Digital Insurance has modified the format of our Meet the insurtech series.
Austin Carroll, Warrant CEO and founder, shared the following responses, which have been lightly edited.
What's the origin story of the company?
On March 9, 2023, I saw the first signs of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse in founder Slack groups. I had just joined Brex two weeks earlier as the product marketing lead for banking. Within hours, SVB was in freefall.
By Friday, Brex's entire marketing, legal and compliance teams were locked in 72 hours of nonstop Zoom calls, scrambling to approve urgent communications. There was no system, no audit trail and no way to monitor social sentiment. Everything had to be reviewed manually — and compliance slowed things down when speed mattered most.
That weekend made one thing clear: marketing compliance wasn't just inefficient, it was a liability. After years facilitating marketing reviews at Brex, Mercury and Capital One, I finally decided to be the one to solve it.
When was it founded and/or when was the product launched?
Warrant was founded in July 2024 and publicly launched in April 2025.
Can you tell me about the founders/founding team?
Warrant was founded by Carroll, who previously led financial product marketing at Brex and Mercury, and served as a product manager at Capital One. She holds an MBA from Duke University, where she recently helped teach the school's first AI Entrepreneurship course.
Warrant's chief technology officer, Daniel Chopson, recently joined the founding team. He was previously co-founder and CTO of Cove.Tool, where he pioneered the use of AI to interpret and apply complex regulatory frameworks across local jurisdictions. He's also held engineering roles at Sage.
Any meaning behind the company name?
We like to say the name "Warrant" keeps the consequences of non-compliance top of mind. It also nods to the chaos of wrangling marketing approvals — something that often feels more like the Wild West than a modern workflow. The Western theme just felt right, especially since our CEO is named after the city in Texas.
How many employees?
We're a team of seven employees, with a broader network of contractors, advisors and regulatory experts.
Where is the company based?
We're a remote-first team with a strong presence in Durham, North Carolina, Chattanooga, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia.
What pain points is the technology trying to solve?
Marketing and sales teams in regulated industries are drowning in red tape. Reviews are slow, approvals take place over email and compliance is often reactive. Legal, compliance and marketing teams are often working from different versions of assets with no shared source of truth. Warrant is trying to solve this by using AI to instantly review marketing materials, align them with regulations and company policies and track approvals in one centralized system. The result: faster content velocity, fewer risks and a compliance process that actually scales.
What funding rounds has the company had?
Warrant raised a $720K pre-seed round led by Brickyard, Capitalize VC, Vast Ventures, Techstars, Triangle Tweener Fund and strategic angels from Brex, Slope and current regulatory bodies.
What's ahead?
We're rapidly expanding our policy library to support the complex, state-specific regulations facing the insurance and mortgage industries. At the same time, we're building integrations and webhooks to embed Warrant directly into the tools marketing teams already use — bringing compliance checks closer to where content is created.
