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Building Pet Health Tech: ML, Sensors, and Dog Behavior Data
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Building Pet Health Tech: ML, Sensors, and Dog Behavior Data
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- 0:00 - Sofya’s pet tech startup with machine learning sensor data and behavior
- 10:00 - Journey from programming hobby to full time software development career
- 17:20 - Career growth after skipping university and building practical experience
- 20:07 - Puppy adoption story and family influence on pet focused innovation
- 32:04 - Dog health monitoring framed as anomaly detection in real world machine
- 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