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LightSpun Secures $13M Series A to Redefine Dental Insurance Administration with AI
LightSpun, an AI-powered dental insurance administration platform, has raised $13 million in Series A funding led by Brewer Lane with Virtue, Cambrian, and Industry Ventures participating. Rohan Malhotra of Brewer Lane and Sean Doolan of Virtue join the board. LightSpun’s total funding now stands at $18 million.
ADA Delegated Credentialing Service Powered by the LightSpun Platform
We’re thrilled to announce our collaboration with the American Dental Association to tackle one of dentistry’s biggest challenges: slow, manual credentialing. This outdated process delays patient care, complicates staffing, and drives up costs across the U.S. dental system.
Outdated Dental Insurance Tech Costs the System Billions: LightSpun’s AI Fixes the Crisis
The U.S. dental insurance industry serves more than 200 million Americans and generates nearly $100 billion each year, but outdated systems slow everything down. Manual claims processing, excessive paperwork, and high administrative costs delay payments and burden dental practices. Lightspun solves this by using AI to automate claims, credentialing, billing, and communication. More than 90 percent of claims are processed automatically, administrative costs are reduced by up to half, and dentists get paid faster. Insurers operate more efficiently, providers spend less time on paperwork, and patients receive care without unnecessary delays. Lightspun is building the modern infrastructure dental insurance has been missing.
LightSpun Earns HITRUST Certification, Strengthening Its Commitment to Data Security
LightSpun has achieved HITRUST certification for its core platform, demonstrating its commitment to the highest standards of data security, compliance, and risk management across its benefits and claims administration solutions.
Dental Loss Ratio Laws Are Reshaping the Industry and AI Is the Only Way to Keep Up
As states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York roll out dental loss ratio (DLR) mandates requiring insurers to spend at least 83% of premiums on patient care, the pressure to modernize dental insurance operations has never been greater. In this post, we break down what DLR laws mean for insurers, why outdated admin systems are now a compliance risk, and how Lightspun’s AI-native claims platform helps carriers cut costs, automate adjudication, and stay ahead of new regulations.
We are NCQA Certified for 11 out of 11 verification services.
We’re proud to announce that LightSpun has achieved NCQA Certification as a Credentialing Verification Organization (CVO), the gold standard in our field. This achievement strengthens our credibility and trust with DSOs, payors, and industry partners.
Why LightSpun Is the Infrastructure Dental Insurance Needs
Dental insurance is overdue for transformation. Legacy systems and manual workflows are driving up administrative costs, delaying care, and shrinking payor margins: all while member and employer expectations are rising. At LightSpun, we’re building the AI-first infrastructure that dental payers need to reduce costs, modernize operations, and grow sustainably.
Client Case Study - 50% cost reduction
A leading dental insurer partnered with LightSpun to modernize their claims infrastructure --> Leveraging our AI-native claims administration system they were able to reduce costs by 50%
From Inside the System: Why I Built LightSpun
After years in insurance, Deepak saw how outdated tech was hurting patients. In this post, he shares why he left to build LightSpun—and why the system needs to change now
Why we started LightSpun?
Why is your dental insurance still stuck in the fax era? Shaju shares why he and Deepak built LightSpun to finally bring modern, AI-powered tools to dental care.
Adopt AI or Die-Why Dental Insurance Needs AI
In this CXO Insight from Insurance CIO Outlook, our investor, Rex Salisbury explains why outdated systems no longer cut it and and how AI is transforming claims, member experience, and fraud prevention across dental insurance.
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