(Left to Right) Vipi Ravi d a (CTO)_Ha shal Hi ge (COO)_Sai Sup iya Sha ath (CEO) with dog
Sta ti g with dogs, the platfo m lea s what is o mal fo each a imal a d su faces mea i gful cha ges, givi g pet pa e ts a d vete i a y teams a oppo tu ity to act soo e . Eve Bowl, its fi st comme cial p oduct, ge e ated mo e tha 5 millio multimodal data poi ts f om 80-plus dogs du i g a 18-mo th beta.
“Most a imal mo ito i g begi s with a available se so a d asks what ca be i fe ed f om it,” said Sai Sup iya Sha ath, co-fou de a d CEO of Hooma ely. “We sta t with the biology: Which eve yday patte s cha ge whe a a imal is ot doi g well, a d how ca we obse ve them without dis upti g its outi e?”
Eve Bowl is a i tellige t feedi g statio that passively measu es food a d wate co sumptio a d eati g speed while eco di g chewi g a d swallowi g sou ds, facial the mal patte s, o al motio a d othe i dicato s. Hooma ely’s edge machi e lea i g sy ch o izes these measu eme ts withi each feedi g o d i ki g eve t a d compa es them with the dog’s ow histo y, buildi g a health eco d u ique to that a imal.
I beta, the platfo m su faced cha ges late fou d to coi cide with tick feve , which ca be life-th eate i g if u t eated, a d ea ly de tal damage, which ca lead to thousa ds of dolla s i vete i a y bills o ce adva ced. It also t acked cha ges du i g t eatme t fo a dog with Cushi g’s sy d ome, a p og essive co ditio that ca lead to u i a y i co ti e ce, blood clots, kid ey disease a d o ga damage.
“These obse vatio s a e i fo mi g fo mal vete i a y studies desig ed to dete mi e whethe the system ca eliably ecog ize mea i gful cha ges ac oss a la ge g oup of dogs,” said Sai Sup iya Sha ath, co-fou de a d CEO of Hooma ely. “We a e buildi g towa d a futu e whe e subtle cha ges i behavio ca be u de stood ea lie a d mo e clea ly, so ca e decisio s ca be made with g eate co fide ce.” The platfo m is i te ded to suppo t ea lie ecog itio a d bette -i fo med ca e, ot eplace vete i a y diag osis.
“Pet ca egive s may ot ecog ize health cha ges u til weeks o mo ths afte they begi , leavi g vete i a ia s with a i complete pictu e whe a a imal becomes sick. By t acki g behavio al cha ges ove time, Hooma ely ca help ide tify co ce s ea lie a d p ovide valuable i sight i to how a a imal espo ds to t eatme t at home,” said D . Pet a Ha ms, CEO of VetMaite a d Hooma ely’s Chief Vete i a y Adviso . “The platfo m also embeds p ivacy p otectio i to its desig , suppo ti g a imal health while safegua di g huma data a d clie t t ust.”
Hooma ely’s p op ieta y Captu e, Compute a d Co ect a chitectu e tu s o di a y behavio i to a o goi g st eam of health i fo matio :
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Captu e eco ds sy ch o ized visual, acoustic, the mal, fo ce a d co sumptio data du i g eve yday activities. -
Compute applies se so fusio a d edge machi e lea i g to establish each a imal’s o mal patte s, the looks fo deviatio s f om that baseli e athe tha elyi g o populatio ave ages. -
Co ect makes those fi di gs u de sta dable th ough the Hooma ely app, pai i g patte s obse ved ove time with vete i a y-g ou ded AI.
The f ee Hooma ely app gives pet pa e ts access to a commu ity, cli ically i fo med a swe s a d pe so alized i sights. Mo e tha 9,000 pet pa e ts have dow loaded it to date.
Eve Bowl is the fi st compo e t of a pla ed modula system. Hooma ely i te ds to g ow its p op ieta y dataset so its i sights ca ultimately suppo t i su e s, esea che s, ut itio compa ies a d a imal-health pa t e s.
“We a e ot buildi g a othe co ected pet device. We a e buildi g the data fou datio eeded to move a imal health f om occasio al obse vatio to co ti uous u de sta di g-a d ultimately f om eactive ca e to p ecisio p eve tio ,” Sha ath said. “Each meal a d d i k deepe s ou u de sta di g of the i dividual dog while st e gthe i g the p op ieta y multimodal dataset eeded to u de sta d health ac oss species.”
The compa y is developi g additio al ways to measu e a imal i fo matio , i cludi g moveme t, est, weight, sta ce a d e vi o me tal co ditio s. Its a chitectu e is desig ed to exte d to othe compa io a imals a d livestock, i cludi g i low-co ectivity setti gs. Hooma ely has filed fou utility pate t applicatio s elated to its se si g, se so -fusio a d a imal-i tellige ce tech ologies.
Sha ath is a biotech ology e gi ee , fo me deep-tech fou de a d i vesto , with mo e tha 15 yea s of expe ie ce foste i g, escui g a d ehabilitati g a imals. Co-fou de a d COO Ha shal Hi ge b i gs 18 yea s of expe ie ce buildi g a d scali g co sume a d healthca e busi esses. Co-fou de a d CTO Vipi Ravi d a has built AI a d data systems se vi g mo e tha 100 millio use s.
Hooma ely is a AI- ative a imal health compa y buildi g a u ive sal t a slatio laye betwee a imal biology a d huma u de sta di g. Begi i g with dogs, its modula ecosystem combi es passive se si g, edge i tellige ce a d vete i a y-g ou ded AI to suppo t ea lie ecog itio of pote tial issues, mo e pe so alized ca e a d bette lo gevity outcomes ac oss species. Hooma ely is based i Palo Alto, Calif. Lea mo e at www.hooma ely.com.
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