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nico laqua

T2 · manager / operator

Co-founder and CEO of Corgi Insurance, a $2.5B valuation insurtech startup. Known for intense 7-day workweek culture, living in the office, and raising $1.3B from TCV. Previously Y Combinator backed.

3 calls·3 names·67% bull·last heard 2 months ago·20VC
track record

no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY

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highest conviction · one per company
1sthigh conviction
$CORGICorgi Insuranceposition

Corgi CEO builds $2.5B insurtech with mandatory 7-day workweeks and office-living culture

Nico Laqua believes extreme 7-day work culture, CEO living in office, and intense selection filters attract mission-driven talent and drive outsized outcomes in insurance technology.

20VC2026-05→
2ndhigh conviction
$ANTHROPICAnthropicposition

Corgi CEO spends $400k/month on Anthropic, says it outperforms OpenAI for enterprise automation

Nico Laqua allocates $400k/month to Anthropic's API with zero OpenAI spend, stating Anthropic's product is materially better for enterprise workflow automation and that OpenAI needs to 'lock in' to compete.

20VC2026-05→
3rdmedium conviction
$OPENAIOpenAI

Corgi CEO says OpenAI pioneered AI lab model but Anthropic now out-executing on product

While OpenAI created the AI lab as company model dating back to YC Research, Anthropic is currently out-executing on product quality for enterprise use cases, and OpenAI must 'lock in' to regain leadership.

20VC2026-05→

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$CORGI
Corgi Insurance
HIGHnico laqua·20VC·2 months ago· position
Corgi CEO builds $2.5B insurtech with mandatory 7-day workweeks and office-living culture
Nico Laqua believes extreme 7-day work culture, CEO living in office, and intense selection filters attract mission-driven talent and drive outsized outcomes in insurance technology.
"If you're doing a startup and you're serious about it and you want to win, you want to do the biggest possible things, you want a sense of community and camaraderie and and have,…"
7:22
$ANTHROPIC
Anthropic
HIGHnico laqua·20VC·2 months ago· position
Corgi CEO spends $400k/month on Anthropic, says it outperforms OpenAI for enterprise automation
Nico Laqua allocates $400k/month to Anthropic's API with zero OpenAI spend, stating Anthropic's product is materially better for enterprise workflow automation and that OpenAI needs to 'lock in' to compete.
"We spend $400,000 per month on Anthropic and $0 on OpenAI at the moment. Anthropic frankly speaking has been out executing OpenAI. Their product's much better. We use the best pro…"
50:10
$OPENAI
OpenAI
MEDnico laqua·20VC·2 months ago
Corgi CEO says OpenAI pioneered AI lab model but Anthropic now out-executing on product
While OpenAI created the AI lab as company model dating back to YC Research, Anthropic is currently out-executing on product quality for enterprise use cases, and OpenAI must 'lock in' to regain leadership.
"Spiritually like OpenAI is um is is I I guess a little more pure um because they kind of created you know this idea of like a AI lab as a company um dating all the way back to YC…"
50:10