Building Pet Health Tech: ML, Sensors, and Dog Behavior Data

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 analytics10:00 Journey from programming hobby to full time software development career17:20 Career growth after skipping university and building practical experience24:07 Puppy adoption story and family influence on pet focused innovation32:16 Dog health monitoring framed as anomaly detection in real world machine learning37:05 Collecting canine data with emphasis on sleep patterns and cycle tracking43:35 Establishing a dogs normal baseline through long term data observation49:34 Startup funding through personal savings and early stage bootstrapping55:28 Finding cofounders and collaborators through meetups and coworking communities59:48 Closing insights on Sofya's educational path and early device prototypesConnect with Sofya- Website - https://www.fit-tails.com/ - Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofya-yulpatova/Connect with DataTalks.Club:- Join the community - https://datatalks.club/slack.html- Subscribe to our Google calendar to have all our events in your calendar - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r?cid=ZjhxaWRqbnEwamhzY3A4ODA5azFlZ2hzNjBAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ- Check other upcoming events - https://lu.ma/dtc-events- GitHub: https://github.com/DataTalksClub- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/datatalks-club/ - Twitter - https://twitter.com/DataTalksClub - Website - https://datatalks.club/