Episode Summary:
In this episode of In The Blink of AI, Georgie Healy chats with Jing Wei, Lead AI Engineer at Fetch, an InsurTech startup backed by Airtree. Fetch is leveraging AI to streamline pet insurance claims, making vet care more accessible and efficient. Jing shares insights into AI’s role in pet healthcare, tackling handwritten vet notes, PDFs, and complex medical data to speed up claims processing. She also discusses the rise of robotic pets, including China's viral AI guinea pig Boo Boo, and the implications of AI-driven pet monitoring. The conversation explores how AI is improving veterinary diagnostics, the challenges of building AI models, and the unexpected costs of running AI startups. If you’re curious about AI in pet healthcare, robotic pets, or the technical realities of AI adoption, this episode is for you!
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Chapters:
00:00 – How AI is transforming pet healthcare
01:11 – What is Fetch and how does AI improve pet insurance?
06:00 – The rise of AI-powered robotic pets like Boo Boo
13:29 – AI-powered pet monitoring: Useful or dystopian?
16:11 – Can AI detect pet emotions and health issues?
30:23 – The biggest challenge in AI: Handling unstructured vet records
34:57 – Why PDFs are AI’s worst nightmare in pet insurance
38:42 – The real cost of AI: Jing’s accidental $1,000 cloud bill
39:35 – Fetch’s expansion plans: Taking AI-powered pet insurance global
46:04 – Why pet owners should brush their pet’s teeth to avoid massive vet bills
