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When we thought about who we wanted as a long-term partner, @arampell and a16z were our first call. Excited to build with a firm so aligned with our vision.
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
Frédéric Renken retweeted
Love seeing people build better software for reluctant operators of small businesses.
The baker who ends up running a bakery. The hair stylist who ends up with their own salon. And here, the doctors and dentists who end up with their own practice.
More attention on these small businesses, please. We've been building for them for two+ decades, and I can tell you they're starved for great, straightforward software.
I'd bet on these guys. They've got the dirt of real work in the field under their fingernails. There's no better way to know than to do.
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.
Frédéric Renken retweeted
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.
Frédéric Renken retweeted
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.
Frédéric Renken retweeted
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.
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 👀
Frédéric Renken retweeted
Super excited to finally share what our team has been working on for the past few months 🙂
@useinterval: build internal tools right in your app's codebase with zero frontend code. interval.com
🧵Some backstory: (1/?)
Frédéric Renken retweeted
Great team and great opportunity, 🚀🚀🚀
work with me! 👋
we're building the financial OS for health practices
applying what we learned at Robinhood and @Superhuman to make doctors enjoy running their own business
if that sounds fun, DM me!
lassie.notion.site/Founding-…
Frédéric Renken retweeted
Another great example of the 2020s being the decade of healthtech!
@fredericrenken and @steijnpelle are building products for a space dominated by shifty agencies and banks--a true pain killer for a massive TAM.
Huge opportunity 👇
work with me! 👋
we're building the financial OS for health practices
applying what we learned at Robinhood and @Superhuman to make doctors enjoy running their own business
if that sounds fun, DM me!
lassie.notion.site/Founding-…
work with me! 👋
we're building the financial OS for health practices
applying what we learned at Robinhood and @Superhuman to make doctors enjoy running their own business
if that sounds fun, DM me!
lassie.notion.site/Founding-…
Frédéric Renken retweeted
Announcing: our most requested feature ever… 🥁
You can now create calendar events right from Superhuman!
Unlike the point 'n' click forms in Gmail or Outlook, it is keyboard-driven, blazingly fast, and surprisingly fun. 🙂
Prepare to calendar twice as fast as before! ⚡
