Nava Benefits
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Nava Benefits

Insurance Agencies & Brokerages

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They have built a strong, mission-driven culture where employees feel supported and leadership actually listens. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company operates as an AI-native benefits brokerage in the insurance technology space. They operate within the small-to-medium business category with a distributed, fully remote workforce across the country. Backed by venture capital including Thrive Capital, the firm has positioned its proprietary technology to streamline healthcare benefits and administration.
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About

We Founded Nava to Fix Healthcare The benefits industry is at an inflection point. AI is rewriting what's possible, the best talent in the space is moving toward firms built for the future, and the traditional brokerages that have dominated this industry for decades are running out of runway. Nava is where this is all heading. Nava is the AI-native benefits brokerage. Our proprietary platform, HQ, was built in-house from the ground up to put our client success team on the bleeding edge of what this industry is becoming instead of fighting the weight of what it's always been. HQ handles the heavy lift of benefits delivery: compliance, administration, member support, and renewal strategy. That means our team spends their time on what actually moves the needle: building client relationships, designing better plans, and guiding employees through every step of the healthcare journey. The mission is simple and the scale is serious: high quality, affordable healthcare for all Americans. Backed by Thrive Capital, investors behind Oscar Health and OpenAI, and six years into proving this model works, we're just getting started. We're fully remote and distributed across the U.S., headquartered in NYC but built to work from wherever you do your best. If you want to be on the right side of where this industry is going, you're in the right place.
Founded2019
HeadquartersNew York, US
IndustryInsurance Agencies & Brokerages
Websitewww.navabenefits.com
Employees149
Total Funding$90M

Open roles at Nava Benefits

3 open roles, newest first.
Product ManagerRemote · Remote only
Data EngineerRemote · Remote ok
AI EngineerRemote · Remote ok

Why people join & leave

Why join
Supportive culture and responsive leadershipMission to reform healthcare and benefits deliveryCompetitive compensation and comprehensive benefitsFully remote work flexibility with funded offsites
Why leave
Uncertainty tied to acquisition integrationInconsistent sales enablement and onboardingOccasional startup pace disrupting work-life balance

Company Pulse

Headcount
-28%past year
Raised
$90Mtotal

In the News

Alliant to acquire Nava Benefits and expand AI employee benefitsbeinsure.com · Aug 26, 2026
Our co-founders, Brandon Weber and Donald DeSantis, sat down to share why our new partnership with Alliant matters, especially for our clients. | Nava Benefitslinkedin.com · Aug 20, 2026
Alliant acquires AI benefits platform Nava in tech consolidation push | Insurance Businessinsurancebusinessmag.com · Aug 19, 2026
Alliant Insurance Services to Acquire Nava, Creating an AI-Native Model for the Future of Employee Benefitsalliant.com · Aug 18, 2026
Today, we are incredibly excited to announce that we've signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Alliant Insurance Services, the fourth-largest brokerage firm in the country. | Nava Benefitslinkedin.com · Aug 18, 2026

Employee Experience

4.6/5
Career Opportunities
4.3
Compensation & Benefits
4.7
Culture & Values
4.8
Diversity & Inclusion
4.8
Senior Management
4.5
Work-Life Balance
4.7

Quick Take

Strengths
Strong leadership approvalCEO Brandon Weber holds a 98% rating alongside a 96% culture score.
High compensation satisfactionCompensation and benefits scores sit at 94% across employee reviews.
Watch out
Past restructuring cutsReviewers note past leadership turnover and reductions in force in sales roles.
Note
Pending Alliant acquisitionAlliant Insurance Services signed a definitive agreement to acquire the platform.

Things to consider

Uneven sales enablement — Some sales team members report a sink-or-swim onboarding culture with insufficient formal training and tooling support.
Post-acquisition integration — With a pending acquisition by Alliant Insurance Services, operational processes and overall culture may face significant shifts.

Leadership

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Brandon WeberCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Donald DeSantisCo-founder and Chief Product Officer
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Kareem ZakiCo-founder
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Amy FramptonChief Marketing Officer
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Azar KherajChief Financial Officer
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Bryan DavisNational Practice Leader

What They Build

Nava builds an AI-native benefits brokerage platform called HQ alongside an employee-facing mobile hub. Their systems automate carrier billing audits, surface renewal quoting scenarios in real time, and handle member inquiries with conversational AI. The engineering team balances complex integrations across carrier backends with HIPAA-compliant, secure data pipelines.
AI & Machine Learning
Employee Benefits Tech
Carrier Integrations
Mobile Applications
Domains
Backend
Frontend
Data Engineering
Machine Learning
Mobile
Tech Stack
Python
React
GraphQL
JavaScript
Flutter
PyTorch
SQL
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