The software currently saves 700 practices 30 hours monthly.
EXCLUSIVE: Lassie's AI agent helps dentists save hours of busywork. Now it's raised $35M from a16z.
It started when CEO @steijnpelle heard his own dentist complain about a sea of paperwork -- then embedded in his practice to learn first-hand.
My @UpstartsMediaCo exclusive 👀
Positive users praise Lassie's founders and execution building AI to automate dental and doctor offices, while negative users dismiss the raises as bubble and grift.
Today, we're introducing Lassie and $47M in funding led by a16z.
We're building AI that runs small businesses, starting with doctors' offices.
Lassie is already trusted by 700+ practices across the country, working autonomously to provide them with 30 hours of labor per month.
To get here, we first had to leave Robinhood and Superhuman to work in offices ourselves.
Here's how that went.
This is how you do a great startup video
Humble and chill and a real cool backstory
Today, we're introducing Lassie and $47M in funding led by a16z.
We're building AI that runs small businesses, starting with doctors' offices.
Lassie is already trusted by 700+ practices across the country, working autonomously to provide them with 30 hours of labor per month.
To get here, we first had to leave Robinhood and Superhuman to work in offices ourselves.
Here's how that went.
We’re thrilled to lead Lassie’s Series A.
Most small businesses are run by reluctant operators. Owners set out to serve their customers and communities but end up buried in back-office work.
Dental practices are a perfect example. Dentists train to care for patients, but much of their time is consumed by insurance claims, payment reconciliation, staffing, and cash flow.
Lassie is building AI that runs small businesses, starting with dental practices.
Before writing a line of code, Cofounders Steijn Pelle and Frédéric Renken spent months working inside a dental office, processing payments by hand to deeply understand the workflow.
Lassie is not a copilot that creates more work for the practice to review. It does the work.
We’re excited to partner with @steijnpelle, @fredericrenken, and the @lassieai team as they build toward the small business that runs itself.
By @arampell and @omooretweets
Today, we're introducing Lassie and $47M in funding led by a16z.
We're building AI that runs small businesses, starting with doctors' offices.
Lassie is already trusted by 700+ practices across the country, working autonomously to provide them with 30 hours of labor per month.
To get here, we first had to leave Robinhood and Superhuman to work in offices ourselves.
Here's how that went.
Excited to announce @a16z is leading @lassieai's Series A! (@arampell)
Lassie is building AI that can run small businesses - starting in dental
They're already generating more than $10M in annualized revenue, and helping 700+ practices 👇
Rare to see two big Series A funding rounds, led by the same investor, announced on the same day 👀
Alex Rampell (@arampell) at @a16z just led: ▪️$35M in Lassie (AI for dental offices) ▪️$55M in Town (AI assistants)
Busy times in the AI app layer if you've got the funds...
Models improving will = MORE generational application layer cos
Lassie is a perfect example
The team spent years building infra and integrations that allow them to post payments at a 98% automation rate
SMBs in particular want to buy an outcome…not implement a model
Today, we're introducing Lassie and $47M in funding led by a16z.
We're building AI that runs small businesses, starting with doctors' offices.
Lassie is already trusted by 700+ practices across the country, working autonomously to provide them with 30 hours of labor per month.
To get here, we first had to leave Robinhood and Superhuman to work in offices ourselves.
Here's how that went.
I'm unaffiliated btw, I don't know them
This is how you do a great startup video
Humble and chill and a real cool backstory
Grateful to Alex for telling the story behind Lassie!
EXCLUSIVE: Lassie's AI agent helps dentists save hours of busywork. Now it's raised $35M from a16z.
It started when CEO @steijnpelle heard his own dentist complain about a sea of paperwork -- then embedded in his practice to learn first-hand.
My @UpstartsMediaCo exclusive 👀
@a16z @LassieAI @arampell Lassie CEO @steijnpelle was inspired to work on this problem by his dentist...who he processed payments for (by hand!) to learn about the problem
Steijn's background at Robinhood + Coinbase and @fredericrenken's experience at Superhuman + Uber make them the perfect duo for this
Excited to announce @a16z is leading @lassieai's Series A! (@arampell)
Lassie is building AI that can run small businesses - starting in dental
They're already generating more than $10M in annualized revenue, and helping 700+ practices 👇
@a16z @LassieAI @arampell @steijnpelle @fredericrenken This exemplifies the team's product approach - spending months with customers before they even wrote a line of code
This also differentiates Lassie's impact from a horizontal model can do
Lassie does the work - matching insurance claims to payments, and posting to the ledger
@a16z @LassieAI @arampell Lassie CEO @steijnpelle was inspired to work on this problem by his dentist...who he processed payments for (by hand!) to learn about the problem
Steijn's background at Robinhood + Coinbase and @fredericrenken's experience at Superhuman + Uber make them the perfect duo for this
@levelsio Thanks, fellow Dutchman! More backstory here:
Read more about why we believe small businesses will soon run themselves:
We are grateful to have some incredible partners @a16z, @arampell, @svangel, @hunterwalk, @dvlamoen, @rahulvohra, @lennysan, @joshelman, @taavet, @carterkev, @gokulr, @bbalfour, and many more.
If you value craft, clarity of thought, and share our ambition that small businesses should run themselves, come build Lassie with us.
@levelsio Extremely good. Very down to earth. Focused on the problem. Demonstrated they truly care by spending all that time doing the work.
3x better than most launch videos.
@steijnpelle Epic
@a16z @LassieAI @arampell @steijnpelle @fredericrenken We couldn't be more excited to work with the Lassie team as they help small business owners spend more time on what they love, and less time on busywork
Read more about the company and our investment here: https://www.a16z.news/p/investing-in-lassie
@steijnpelle You guys have been execution machines. So inspiring to follow your journey.
@levelsio :) thanks broski
Check out @alexrkonrad’s account of the company here: https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/toothy-ai-lassie-raises-35m
@steijnpelle best story telling launch video I have seen in a while
good luck on the fundraise
also if you are interested in buying lassieai tg username let me known
