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Corridor

AI-native health benefits brokerage for small businesses

8 open rolesSeed · $25M
Size
13
Backers
BCVBOXAEF+1
HQ
New York & San Francisco
Industry
AI

Open roles at Corridor, by team

8 roles · 3 teams · re-checked daily

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  • Marketing 3

    3 open roles in New York City, newest found last week. Roles like these usually go to the Head of Marketing.

    usually hires for thisHead of Marketing
    • Product Marketing Lead

      New York City, San FranciscoSeniorFirst seen last week
    • Member of Growth Staff

      New York City, NYonsiteSeniorFirst seen 3 weeks ago
    • Growth / Account Executive (NYC, SMB client acquisition)

      New York & San Francisco, USAMid-levelFirst seen last month
  • Engineering 2

    2 open roles in New York City, newest found last month. Roles like these usually go to the Head of Engineering.

    usually hires for thisHead of Engineering
    • Senior Full Stack Engineer

      new york citySeniorFirst seen last month
    • Software Engineer (SF, agent workflows and carrier integrations)

      New York & San Francisco, USAMid-levelFirst seen last month
  • Other roles 3

    3 open roles in New York City, newest found last week. Roles like these usually go to the Hiring manager.

    usually hires for thisHiring manager
    • Partnerships Lead

      New York CitySeniorFirst seen last week
    • Founding AI PM (SF, live on Ashby)

      New York & San Francisco, USAMid-levelFirst seen last month
    • Data Scientist (plan modeling and premium optimization)

      New York & San Francisco, USAMid-levelFirst seen last month

The product

What Corridor is building

Corridor is a health benefits brokerage for companies with 1 to 500 employees, rebuilt so that AI agents do the administrative work and humans do the advising. A traditional broker earns commission from the carrier, which is why small groups get ignored: the commission on a 15-person company doesn't cover the hours of plan comparison, enrollment paperwork and year-round employee questions. Corridor's bet is that if agents absorb those hours, the small-group economics flip. The product covers plan selection across fully insured, level-funded, ICHRA, PEO and ancillary benefits, enrollment management, and then the part brokers usually abandon: employee support after enrollment. The agents verify whether a provider is in-network, schedule care, and update a doctor's office with new insurance details. Nikhil Aggarwal's description is that Corridor is 'every single employee and management's concierge for all things healthcare.' The company claims an average of five hours from first contact to proposal and 20% average premium savings, and charges clients nothing directly (it is paid as the broker of record). The origin story matters for how to read the team. Jackson Wagner and Eric Qian, both ex-Scale AI, were building a clinical AI project called Capernaum AI and went to Cold Start for funding; Nikhil and Jason Dong, partners there, saw the larger brokerage opportunity and the four launched Corridor together. TechCrunch names Ignition Benefits and Nava Benefits as the closest competitors.

The money

Why this matters

The small-group benefits market is structurally underserved because the incentive is broken, not because nobody noticed it. Corridor's site cites employees at small companies paying roughly 36% of their premiums versus 23% at large companies; the gap is a function of worse plans and worse advice, both downstream of brokers rationally ignoring small accounts. An AI-native brokerage doesn't need a new business model to win here; it needs the same commission with a fraction of the labor. The timing is the raise itself: a $25M seed in September, explicitly ahead of Q4 open enrollment, when about 80% of small businesses choose their plan. Bain Capital Ventures has a long fintech and insurance track record, and 'services company that looks like a software company on the inside' is a thesis a lot of firms are chasing right now. Corridor is a clean test case: if agents can carry the concierge load for thousands of small employers through one enrollment season, the model is proven.

Investors: Bain Capital Ventures, BoxGroup, Angels: executives from OpenAI, Scale AI and Ramp

The outlook

Hiring outlook

The careers page is live on Ashby and describes a 'small, talent-dense team' building AI-native services; one confirmed listing is a Founding AI PM in San Francisco. The funding coverage (FinSMEs) says the round goes toward expanding product engineering and data science teams and scaling client acquisition across North America. No enumerated engineering roles could be confirmed, so score reflects strong intent with thin public listings.

Hiring intensity6/8

Working at Corridor

Corridor works in AI and is based in New York & San Francisco, USA. Working at AI companies at this stage means broad remit, direct access to founders, and equity that still means something if the company works out.

New York & San Francisco, USA is where most Corridor positions are located.

How to actually get hired at Corridor

Why applying the normal way doesn't work

At <50 people, Corridor has no recruiting team. Your application lands with a founder who is also running sales, product and payroll. The obstacle isn't a queue or an ATS, it's being seen at all. Cold outreach outperforms the form here, consistently.

Who to contact at Corridor

Who decides
a founder or department head
Best channel
LinkedIn or direct email
ATS
Ashby

Founding team

JD
Jason Dong
Co-Founder & COO

Partner at Cold Start Ventures incubating AI and healthcare businesses, and previously co-founder of Mural Health, which raised $20M and was sold to a large pharma company. Harvard alum, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Nikhil Aggarwal
Co-Founder & CEO

Partner at the Cold Start venture studio before launching Corridor with fellow partner Jason Dong and the Capernaum AI founders. Stanford graduate (SIEPR Fellow, economics TA, research assistant to Mike Klausner). Based in Brooklyn, New York.

JW
Jackson Wagner
Co-Founder & CPO

Former product lead at Scale AI and earlier at Built Robotics; co-founded the clinical AI project Capernaum AI that became the seed of Corridor. Harvard, magna cum laude with highest honors (2019). Based in San Francisco.

What to show them

Write a one-page spec for the first 90 days of a Corridor client's post-enrollment concierge experience: which employee requests to automate first, how to measure trust, and where the human advisor must stay in the loop. Ground it in the actual request mix a small company generates.

A cold email that works at Corridor

Subject: Partnerships Lead, [your one-line proof]
Hi Jackson, the interesting product problem at Corridor isn't plan selection, it's the eleven months after enrollment when nobody is paying attention. I drafted how I'd sequence the concierge agent's scope so it earns trust before it takes over the messy requests; would love to compare notes given what you saw shipping at Scale.
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What Corridor screens for

Bain Capital Ventures leading a $25M seed, with BoxGroup and operators from OpenAI, Scale and Ramp, is a bet that AI-native services companies can scale like software. The hiring window is narrow and Q4-driven: the team needs the concierge agents and carrier integrations working through open enrollment, and the SF engineering group is currently three engineers and two AI PMs. Anyone who can show they've built agent workflows that survive contact with insurance carriers, or who has run benefits for a small company and understands why brokers ignore it, is walking into a small room where the CEO's email is on the website footer.

A tailored CV beats a generic one. Use Corridor's job description language to clear filters.

Avoid

Don't make these mistakes

Nikhil and Jason were venture-studio partners who chose this market over the clinical AI project they were pitched, so a generic 'healthcare needs disruption' email will read as someone who didn't do the homework. Jackson and Eric come from Scale AI; 'I'm excited about AI agents' is noise to them. Also, don't pitch Corridor as insurtech or as an HR platform. It is a brokerage. Lead with something specific about small-group benefits economics, carrier integrations, or the concierge workload you've actually seen at a 30-person company.

Mistakes that kill Corridor applications

  • A recycled CV gets rejected fast at Corridor (<50 people). They notice.

  • Don't open with what you want. Open with what Corridor is dealing with right now — The small-group benefits market is structurally underserved because the incentive is broken, not because nobody noticed it, and what you'd do about it.

  • Most AI applications get ghosted. A day-five follow-up can double your response rate.

Tracking Corridor

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The Corridor interview process

Usually 3 stages over about 7 days, including a take-home task. See each stage, what it tests and how to prepare.

Corridor interview guide →
  1. 1Intro Call
  2. 2Technical Deep Dive
  3. 3Final Round

Modelled on how AI companies with under 50 people interview, not confirmed by Corridor.

Corridor careers: frequently asked questions

How many jobs does Corridor have open?

8 open roles at Corridor, last checked November 15, 2026.

Does Corridor hire remotely?

Corridor doesn't have remote openings at the moment. All roles are in New York & San Francisco, USA.

What roles is Corridor hiring for?

Corridor is hiring across Marketing, Engineering and Product. The most recent opening is Partnerships Lead.

How do I apply for a job at Corridor?

Apply via the links above. For tips, read our guide on how to get hired at Corridor.

Does Corridor respond to cold emails?

Not enough data yet on Corridor's cold email response rates.

Who is the hiring manager at Corridor?

At this size, hiring is usually run by a founder or department head.

What ATS does Corridor use?

Corridor uses Ashby.

How competitive is it to get hired at Corridor?

<50-person AI companies see ~50-100 applicants per role in two weeks. The 72-hour window is your advantage.

Where is Corridor based?

Corridor is headquartered in New York & San Francisco, USA.

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