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Lassie is a San Francisco-based company that uses AI agents to run the back office of independent medical practices, starting with dental clinics: reading insurance claims, reconciling payments, posting to the ledger and flagging claims that need human action, alongside insurance enrollment, appeals, reporting and follow-up work. As of June 2026 it serves more than 700 practices across 49 states, replacing roughly 250,000 hours of manual labour a year. Co-founders Steijn Pelle (an early product manager at Robinhood and Coinbase) and Frederic Renken (Superhuman's first product hire, previously at Uber) worked inside a partner dentist's office processing payments by hand before writing any code.

Basalt Health, founded in 2024 by former Accolade product executive Ben Hackett, provides an AI layer for post-acute care providers that reads every referral from fax, portals or EHRs and makes fast, defensible admissions decisions against clinical and payer criteria; customers include Lifepoint Health and ScionHealth.

Vitalize, founded in 2023 in San Francisco (YC W23), builds an AI-native workforce scheduling and capacity-planning platform for hospitals that integrates EMR and payroll data to optimize nurse staffing and cut overtime and premium labor spend, serving health systems such as MemorialCare and Hendrick Health.

General Medicine, founded in 2023 in San Francisco with PillPack co-founders, runs a consumer healthcare marketplace where patients compare and book 2,900+ services—prescriptions across 50,000+ pharmacies, labs, telehealth, specialist e-consults and select in-person care—with upfront, insurance-aware pricing, plus a "General AI" assistant that draws on health history to guide care.

Genius AI , a 10-year-old New York company that automates bookings, payments, marketing, staffing, and client management for salons, wellness providers, and other in-person service businesses, raised a $44 million Series D round at a $1.15 billion valuation. The deal was led by Lux Capital , with Bessemer Venture Partners , Imaginary Ventures , L Catterton Growth , 2048 Ventures , and StepStone Private Ventures also pitching in. The company has raised a total of $125+ million. Tech Funding News has more here .

Ranger AI, founded in 2023 in New York, USA / Canada, deploys AI agents to manage industrial bidding, tender evaluation, and complex RFP revenue workflows.