Oct 29, 2019 | 1min Read
The Zest
"Baseball or Insurance - it doesn't matter. If you challenge conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done. Use data to transform the game!" - Billy Beane
ZestyAI Product Manager Eshan Chordia with Moneyball’s Billy Beane, September 2019
Billy Beane, EVP of Baseball Operations of the Oakland A’s and star of bestseller book Moneyball, recently visited the ZestyAI team. Billy shared his story about he leveraged data to forever change the 150 year old game. Billy likened Moneyball to ZestyAI’s journey in Insurtech. He argued that transformation of the insurance industry requires embracing the digital age and is all about data. Billy also noted, underdogs with less financial resources can achieve outsized results by smartly leveraging data and technology, such as Artificial Intelligence by continuously disrupting the status quo.
Billy, thanks for the stories, jokes, and the life lesson on gaining “unfair competitive advantage”!
About Zesty.ai
Zesty.ai is the leading partner for property & casualty insurance companies embarking on digital transformation. The company harnesses the power of artificial intelligence on cutting-edge data sources including aerial imagery to model risk to real property. Zesty.ai leverages predictive algorithms on 130+Bn data points to understand the potential impact of natural catastrophes on individual properties with unprecedented accuracy. Insurance companies rely on these property risk insights to make smart marketing, underwriting and rating decisions. For more information, visit https://zesty.ai.