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Building Pet Health Tech: ML, Sensors, and Dog Behavior Data
Category: Technology
Duration: 01:01:14
Publish Date: 2025-12-12 18:00:00
Description:

In this session Sofya shares her journey building a pet-tech startup that blends machine learning sensor data and canine behavior analytics. She walks through her path from early programming explorations to launching a health monitoring device designed around anomaly detection and long-term behavioral baselines.


TIMECODES:

00:00 Sofya's pet tech startup with machine learning sensor data and behavior pattern analytics

10:00 Journey from programming hobby to full time software development career

17:20 Career growth after skipping university and building practical experience

24:07 Puppy adoption story and family influence on pet focused innovation

32:16 Dog health monitoring framed as anomaly detection in real world machine learning

37:05 Collecting canine data with emphasis on sleep patterns and cycle tracking

43:35 Establishing a dogs normal baseline through long term data observation

49:34 Startup funding through personal savings and early stage bootstrapping

55:28 Finding cofounders and collaborators through meetups and coworking communities

59:48 Closing insights on Sofya's educational path and early device prototypes


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- Website - https://www.fit-tails.com/

- Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofya-yulpatova/


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