Episode 12: Susan Sierota - Waggit
Waggit is a Smart Health Collar and App that is more than just a location tracker. It's proven to be a life-changer by collecting enormous amounts of data about your pet’s health and is the only dog wearable that provides early indicators of pain or illness to help families discover potentially life-threatening health issues in their dogs BEFORE it’s too late. Specifically, they track each dog's baselines and changes in heart rate, respiration rate, body temp, heart rate variability, sleep patterns, body positions, calories burned, time, distance, speed, activity intensity, ambient temp, and location. The Collar and app are just the entry point as the players in the pet health ecosystem recognize the high value of the health data that no other tracker provides. For example, Pharma conducting scientific studies with Waggit accelerates both the machine learning in their algorithms and getting to predictability. Actuarial data will drive insurance partnerships and better care. Nutritional information combined with health metrics is game-changing for both manufacturers and service providers.