This startup uses AI to check out rooftops for insurance purposes

California-based startup Cape Analytics uses artificial intelligence (AI) to check out your rooftop for insurance purposes. By analysing aerial imagery, the company can tell insurers the condition of your roof, as well as automate away human inspectors originally meant for the purpose. Most of the imagery comes from airplanes, although drones and satellites also play a role, chief executive and co-founder Ryan Kottenstette told Forbes. He added that Cape Analytics also takes in Earth observations from Google. Deep analysis distinguishes Cape from other imagery analytics firms such as Orbital Insight, Kottenstette said in the Forbes report.