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A letter from the founders.

We started Autumn with the premise that technology should serve to free dental practices to spend their time on the most important part of their business: their patients.

After helping dentists provide the best care to their patients with Dandy, we learned that practicing dentistry is a small part of running a dental practice. Coming from families of small business owners, we empathize deeply with the minutiae of operating a small business in a world that favors large corporations. Small businesses are the backbone of our communities, and their owners risk everything to pursue their dreams.

We built Autumn to pay you back.

Jake Taylor handwritten signatureCo-founder Jake TaylorNoah Hanover handwritten signatureCo-founder Noah Hanover

What practices are up against

73%

of U.S. dentists were practice owners in 2023, down from 85% in 2005. 1

750 hours

of staff time a year if a practice makes 10 manual claim-status calls each working day. 2

62%

of owner dentists recruiting administrative staff said hiring was very or extremely challenging in Q4 2025. 3

$170K

is the annual collection gap on every $1 million of production between the 80% benchmark average and the 97% reached by top-performing practices. 4

Sources

  1. 1

    ADA Health Policy Institute, 2025 National practice ownership analysis. The 73% figure uses 2023 data.

  2. 2

    CAQH Index, 2024 CAQH measured 18 minutes for each manual dental claim-status call. The annual figure assumes 10 calls per day and 250 working days: 18 x 10 x 250 / 60 = 750 hours.

  3. 3

    ADA Health Policy Institute, Q4 2025 National private-practice dentist panel. The administrative-staff figure combines 32.5% extremely and 29.5% very challenging among owner dentists recruiting that role; the 2026 challenges question had 751 responses.

  4. 4

    Henry Schein One Catalyst Index, 2026 Benchmark for practices with 1-7 locations across thousands of dental offices. Calculation: $1,000,000 x (97% - 80%) = $170,000. Collection rate covers total collections against production; it does not isolate insurer-only reimbursement.