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# Sales Intern at Akur8

- **Company:** Akur8
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-24
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/akur8/48d21975-0d78-4fcf-8413-7ce9691effad

## Job description

Akur8 is a fast-growing InsurTech scale-up on a mission to modernize how insurers assess, price, and manage risk.

Our next-generation SaaS platform combines transparent machine learning, predictive analytics, and smart product design to turn complex insurance workflows into scalable, data-driven systems.

Powered by expert engineering, data, product, and actuarial teams, Akur8 enables insurers to model risk up to 10x faster while maintaining transparency, explainability, and regulatory trust. As our product suite expands, we are building an end-to-end platform supporting pricing, reserving, and forward-looking risk decisions — helping insurers operate efficiently in a complex environment.

Recognized globally, Akur8 has been featured in:

- CB Insights’ Insurtech 50 (2025)
- CNBC’s InsurTech Top 150 (2025)
- InsurTech100 Global Insurtech Top 100 (2025)
- Professional Equality Index 97/100 (2025)

With 40+ nationalities across 8 global offices, we serve 320+ clients across 4 continents while maintaining a strong engineering and product culture.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives help shape better products and decisions.

As Akur8 continues to grow, we are looking for a Sales Intern to support our Sales team in identifying relevant prospects, creating new conversations with insurance professionals, and improving the way the team works.

You will join an international Sales team focused on growing Akur8’s client base through new business, account development, and long-term relationships. You will work closely with Sales Directors, Sales Executives Marketing, Sales Operations, and our Actuarial experts. This internship will give you practical experience in B2B SaaS sales, prospecting, and the insurance technology market. You will also have the opportunity to explore how AI tools and simple agents can improve day-to-day sales processes.

Your mission will include, but not be limited to, the following:

## PROSPECT RESEARCH

- Identify insurance companies, reinsurers, brokers, and other relevant organisations that may benefit from Akur8’s solutions.
- Research target accounts, their business priorities, and the people involved in pricing, reserving, actuarial, data, and innovation projects.
- Build and maintain clear account lists to support focused outreach.

## LEAD QUALIFICATION AND HANDOFF

- Engage with internal stakeholders to help with current processes, challenges, priorities, and potential timelines.
- Schedule meetings for Account Executives and prepare clear notes so that each conversation starts with useful context.

## SALES AND MARKETING COLLABORATION

- Work with Marketing on campaigns, webinars, events, and content aimed at insurance professionals, to help improve messaging and campaign targeting.
- Support the Sales team with account mapping, event preparation, and follow-up activities.
- Support the preparation of client-facing slides and materials, review documents created by the team, and adapt content to address specific client needs.

## CRM AND REPORTING

- Keep prospect and activity information accurate in the CRM.
- Track outreach, responses, meetings, and follow-up actions.
- Prepare activity reports and contribute ideas to improve the team’s day-to-day sales process.

## PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND AI

- Identify repetitive tasks in prospecting, CRM updates, reporting, and follow-up, then suggest practical ways to improve them.
- Explore and help build AI-powered workflows or agents that support the Sales team, with appropriate guidance and review.
- Document what works and help turn useful experiments into repeatable processes.

You will be based in Paris and will work primarily from our office. Occasional travel may be required for team meetings, events, or conferences.

We are looking for someone who is curious about business and technology, comfortable speaking with new people, and ready to learn through practice. You should also be interested in how AI can improve everyday work and curious about building simple agents or automations with the support of the team.

## EDUCATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

- You are currently enrolled in a Business School, university, or equivalent programme and are looking for a full-time 6-month internship.
- You are interested in B2B sales, technology, insurance, or a role that combines business conversations with analytical thinking.
- You communicate clearly in writing and in conversation, and you are comfortable adapting your message to different audiences.
- You are organised, persistent, and able to manage several follow-up tasks without losing track of details.
- You take initiative, ask thoughtful questions, and respond well to feedback.
- You enjoy working with colleagues from different countries and functions.
- We have two open positions: for one you should have strong spoken and written English & French. For the other one only English applies. Additional language is a bonus.

## BONUS SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

- A first experience in sales, business development, customer service, or another role involving outreach.
- Familiarity with a CRM, sales engagement platform, LinkedIn, or other tools used to research and contact prospects.
- A genuine interest in AI tools and in building simple agents or automations to improve business processes.
- Previous experience in an international company, student association, start-up, or technology environment.
- Prior experience in the financial sector (banking, insurance) and in the way data can support better business decisions.

As a newcomer, you'll be joining a diverse, highly skilled and motivated team, with a strong Tech DNA, colleagues that are eager to share their knowledge and passion.

We care about strong teamwork and a positive day-to-day environment. The team regularly connects through optional activities such as team lunches, sports, karaoke, or occasional after-work gatherings.

In addition to this, we will provide you with:

- Monthly compensation
- Top-notch laptops & equipments
- Lunch vouchers

As part of our recruitment process, we may carry out background checks in line with the applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. These checks may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally authorized, criminal records. Any background checks will be performed lawfully before formal employment contracts are signed, with the candidate’s consent, and all information collected will be handled confidentially.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist with certain stages of the recruitment process. These tools are used to support our recruitment team and do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by people. If you would like further information about how your data is processed, you can contact us at dpo@akur8.com.

## About Akur8

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Akur8 is a global actuarial AI platform that transforms insurance pricing and reserving with transparent, human-controlled machine learning.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France (28 rue de Londres, 75009), with additional offices in London, Madrid, Milan, New York, Atlanta, Montreal, and Tokyo.
- **Founded**: 2018 (after a four-year R&D effort; solution launched in 2019)
- **Founders**: Samuel Falmagne (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Insurtech / Actuarial AI / Insurance Software
- **Target customers**: B2B, serving insurance companies (P&C, Life, and Pension firms) of all sizes, from startups to global carriers.
- **Mission**: To empower actuarial experts to make better decisions, faster.

## Products & Services
- **Akur8 Pricing**: A complete insurance pricing software for P&C insurers. It uses transparent machine learning (GAMs/GLMs) automated by proprietary algorithms (Derivative Lasso, Elasticity Modeling) to reduce time-to-market from months to days.
- **Akur8 Reserving**: A reserving solution for P&C insurers that modernizes the reserve analysis process, adding efficiency and reliability.
- **Akur8 Life**: An actuarial modeling platform for life insurers and pension firms, covering pricing, valuation, and asset management (strengthened by the March 2026 acquisition of Slope Software).
- **Akur8 Discover**: An AI-driven market intelligence tool (from the 2026 acquisition of Matrisk) that transforms unstructured regulatory filings into actionable, on-demand insights.
- **Rate Repo & Deploy**: New capabilities introduced in 2025 that connect model development, rate management, and production deployment within a single platform.
- **Actuarial Agentic Experts**: Upcoming AI agents (planned for 2026) that will automate manual steps in actuarial workflows by connecting the full Akur8 suite.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Total Funding**: **$60M** total funding (Series B: $45M led by One Peak in 2022; Series A: $15M led by BlackFin Capital Partners in 2021). [crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/akur8)
- **Key Metric**: Serves **330+** insurance clients in **40+** countries, with **3,000+** actuaries using the platform daily. [akur8.com](https://www.akur8.com/resources/2025-annual-report)
- **Notable Investors**: One Peak, BlackFin Capital Partners. [crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/akur8)
- **Notable Clients**: AXA, Generali, Munich Re, MAPFRE, HDI, Tokio Marine, MS&AD. [akur8.com](https://www.akur8.com/about)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Expanded into life insurance via the acquisition of Slope Software (March 2026).
  - Acquired Matrisk to launch Akur8 Discover (early 2026).
  - Opened a new office in Madrid in 2025.
  - Reduced GHG emissions intensity by 19% per million euros of revenue in 2025, despite growing the team by 31%.
  - 200+ employees across 8 offices, representing 40+ nationalities.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Transparent AI**: Unlike black-box models, Akur8’s machine learning is fully explainable, auditable, and human-controlled, which is critical for regulatory compliance in insurance.
- **End-to-End Platform**: Covers pricing, reserving, life insurance, and regulatory intelligence in one integrated ecosystem.
- **Proprietary Algorithms**: Unique algorithms (Derivative Lasso, Elasticity Modeling) that automate GLM/GAM modeling while maintaining interpretability.
- **Deep Industry Expertise**: Founded by a team combining actuarial and data science expertise, with a four-year R&D phase before launch.

## Strategic Focus
- **Platform Expansion**: Continuing to build a unified actuarial AI platform across pricing, reserving, life, and regulatory intelligence.
- **Agentic AI**: Introducing AI agents to automate actuarial workflows, with actuaries leading strategy and agents executing with scale.
- **Global Growth**: Expanding footprint in North America, Europe, and Asia (offices in 8 cities).
- **Sustainability**: Committed to 100% renewable electricity across all offices by January 2027, and a 25% reduction in GHG emissions intensity per million euros of revenue by 2030.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "AI-driven but refreshingly human" — emphasizes transparency, collaboration, and putting people first. Values include excellence through expertise and long-term commitment.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: 40+ nationalities, 30+ languages spoken. Has an employee-led ERG-D&I (Employee Resource Group for Diversity & Inclusion). Scored 93/100 on the French Professional Equality Index (Egapro).
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The company has physical offices in 8 cities and supports relocation. The hiring process varies by role, but in-person office visits are part of the final stage.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge transparent AI in a regulated industry, with a mission to transform insurance globally. Strong focus on sustainability and measurable environmental progress.
- **Engineering Culture**: R&D and Product teams are central; the company has 10+ highly skilled employees solely on product development. Open positions span Engineering, Actuarial Data Science, Product, Sales, Design, Marketing, Cloud Ops, IT & Security, and People/Finance/Legal.

## Sources
1. [akur8.com - About](https://www.akur8.com/about)
2. [akur8.com - Homepage](https://www.akur8.com/)
3. [akur8.com - 2025 Annual Report](https://www.akur8.com/resources/2025-annual-report)
4. [akur8.com - Careers](https://akur8.com/careers)
5. [crunchbase.com - Akur8 Profile](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/akur8)

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