Lassie’s $47M a16z Round And The Bet That Autonomous AI Can Replace The Dental Front Desk: Why Sitting In A Back Office Posting 837D Claims By Hand Became A Service-As-Software Wedge Into Healthcare

Lassie raised $47M from a16z to autonomously run dental billing. No human biller. The agent logs into payer portals, pulls remits, posts payments, and confirms cash in the bank. 700+ practices, 49 states. Here is why this is a bigger story than it looks.

Dental RCM is a swamp most automation has failed to cross. Claims go out as 837D transactions. Remits…