ABOUT US
The Duff Bear
the big vision
we love animals, obviously.
We are creating a world where every animal lives a long happy, healthy life.
our what
We are creating Whole animal health & wellness at scale, for every animal on the planet…and yes, there are a lot of them.
our how
our tech
The only way we can think to achieve our audacious vision is to develop new, scalable technology using artificial intelligence (AI).
Unfortunately, we don’t believe the models and data currently exist to provide truly useful health & wellness recommendations at scale - so we are building them.
Multi-model
Most are familiar with chatGPT. large language models (LLMs) are great, but we believe that truly insightful veterinary science requires a causal understanding that only multiple models integrated together can provide.
digital twin
TO truly care for each animal requires tracking each animal. As a result, we will build a digital twin of each animal allowing us to test multiple care options before giving a final, best prescription.
multi-modal
initially, we will only take in text, “My Dog’s left eye is drooping.” However, we cannot provide the level of care we want without
sensors
Imagine the power of knowing how the microbiome impacts your dogs health. Our models will integrate not just text, images, and video, but additional sensor data.
streaming Video & 3D Positional data
Behavior data is key to highlighting issues early. Our models will integrate streaming video from sanctuaries and track animals positions to make sure they are happy and healthy
our right now
Obviously this is a big mission and it won’t happen over night. Here’s what we are doing right now.
We are experimenting with the fine-tuning & integration of multiple Large language models (like chatGPT).
Our initial focus is on dogs because we want our models to have immediate applicability for the public, rescue organizations, and shelters.
our fundinG
Ai is expensive
So we are initially funding our work by selling painfully adorable animal slippers. Yes, we expect them to be on paris runways soon.
If we’re successful, we will expand into other human clothes (we are taking requests) and other adorable pet stuff. All tax deductible as soon as our non-profit status comes through.
Everything we create will be vegan, increasingly sustainable (and ultimately regenerative), and insanely high quality.