Tobias Patch · Founder & builder
Hard problems deserve useful answers.
I build companies and software for work that is messy, consequential, and overdue for better tools.
Writing
Notes from inside the work.
Essays on building companies, using AI without surrendering judgment, and making decisions when the neat answer does not exist.
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Visit the writing desk- Building companies
- Software & AI
- Decisions under uncertainty
- The work behind the work
Current work
Build the tool. Learn from reality. Improve the system.
My work sits where insurance, software, and operations collide. These are the projects currently earning my attention.
- 01Visit Brelly
Brelly
AI-powered software built to make insurance claims easier for the people doing the work.
- 02Visit InsuranceAppraisal.com
InsuranceAppraisal.com
A marketplace and operating layer for insurance appraisers, umpires, and the people who need them.
- 03In development
Private beta
A personal thinking-system prototype being shaped into an invite-only product. The public name comes later.
About
Founder by necessity. Builder by temperament.
I’m Tobias Patch, founder and CEO of Brelly and the builder behind InsuranceAppraisal.com. I write about the practical decisions, stubborn problems, and imperfect systems behind the finished work.
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