PANews reported on June 4 that Lassie, an AI company founded by former Robinhood and Superhuman employees Steijn Pelle and Frédéric Renken, has completed a $35 million Series A funding round, led by a16z, with participation from Night Capital, the founder of Superhuman, the co-founder of Plaid, and the co-founder of Wise, bringing the total funding to $47 million.

Before writing the code, the two co-founders worked manually for months at a dental clinic, handling insurance claims and reconciliation payments. Lassie now operates in over 700 clinics across 49 states in the US, saving owners over 250,000 hours of administrative work annually. Alex Rampell, general partner at a16z, joined the Lassie board. Lassie's AI agent directly accesses the clinic's insurance portal, retrieving reimbursement data, reconciling accounts, updating system records, and verifying bank funds, completely replacing human intervention rather than adding a software layer.