Lassie, whose AI agent helps dental practices automate admin work, raised a $35M Series A led by a16z, a source says, at a ~$250M valuation (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)

<a href="https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/toothy-ai-lassie-raises-35m"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260603/i41.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260603/p41#a260603p41" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Alex Konrad / <a href="https://www.upstartsmedia.com/">Upstarts Media</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/toothy-ai-lassie-raises-35m">Lassie, whose AI agent helps dental practices automate admin work, raised a $35M Series A led by a16z, a source says, at a ~$250M valuation</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Lassie's founders went hands-on, then built an AI agent to help dental practices save dozens of hours of busywork.&nbsp; Now, a16z has signed on.</p>