AI company Lassie, co-founded by former Robinhood employees, completes $35 million Series A funding round led by a16z

On June 4, according to TechFundingNews, AI company Lassie, founded by former Robinhood and Superhuman employees Steijn Pelle and Frédéric Renken, 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, the co-founder of Wise, and others, bringing the total funding to $47 million. Before writing code, the two co-founders worked manually for months at a dental clinic, handling insurance claims and reconciling payments. Lassie currently operates in over 700 clinics across 49 states in the US, saving owners more than 250,000 administrative hours annually. Alex Rampell, a general partner at a16z, has joined Lassie's board of directors. Lassie's AI agent directly accesses clinic insurance portals to pull reimbursement data, reconcile accounts, update system records, and verify bank funds, completely replacing human labor rather than adding a software layer.