[Former Robinhood Employees Co-Found AI Company Lassie, Completing $35 Million Series A Funding Led by a16z] According to TechFundingNews, the AI company Lassie, founded by former Robinhood and Superhuman employees Steijn Pelle and Frédéric Renken, has completed a $35 million Series A funding round led by a16z. Other participants include 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 any code, the two co-founders manually worked for months at a dental clinic, handling insurance claims and reconciling payments. Currently, Lassie operates in over 700 clinics across 49 states in the U.S., saving business owners more than 250,000 hours of administrative work annually.