The Veterinary Innovation Podcast covers the most interesting, exciting, and controversial topics in the industry today. Veterinary technology entrepreneurs Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zakharenkov chat with industry leaders and innovators about the biggest challenges they're facing - and how they're overcoming them.
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This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak talk with Gary Peters , co-founder and CEO of PupPilot , about how AI front-office technology is helping with front-desk understaffing and burnout in veterinary practices. Gary shares how PupPilot manages inbound and outbound calls, texts, and emails using AI voice models and dynamic PIMS integrations built for veterinary teams. He explains why…
This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak catch up with Neshmeen Faatimah , the founder and CEO of Nuzzle Technologies, Inc. , to discuss how AI-powered simulations are transforming veterinary communication training. After losing her cat during a complex care journey marked by communication breakdowns, Neshmeen set out to solve one of veterinary medicine's most overlooked challenges: teaching vets…
This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak welcome Guilherme Coelho , Co-founder and CEO of Maven Pet , to discuss how AI-powered pet wearables are helping owners better understand their pets' health between vet visits. They discuss how Maven combines sensor data, app-based inputs, and artificial intelligence to build a "digital paw print" for each pet and detect early signs of illness before they…
This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak welcome Dr. Lisa Beagan , founder of Your Vet Direction , to discuss how AI-supported triage can bring more structure, consistency, and safety to veterinary intake. The conversation explores one of the most overlooked risks in practice operations: asking front-desk teams to make triage decisions without the clinical tools or training to do so confidently.…
International pet travel is one of those topics that sends both pet owners and veterinary teams into a quiet panic. This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak sit down with Marisa Hoskins , the founder of Paws Abroad Inc. , to discuss the growing need for better infrastructure around global pet travel. Drawing on her experience moving internationally with her rescue dogs—a journey that also inspired…
This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak chat with Dr. Ragen T.S. McGowan from Petivity powered by Purina about how the brand's Smart Litter Box Monitor provides a voice for cats. They discuss how AI-powered tracking of weight and elimination patterns can alert owners to changes that might indicate early signs of illness, such as FIC or urinary blockage, before they become clinical emergencies.…
This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak welcome Brendan Baker , founder and CEO of PawthosX , to talk about why the next generation of veterinary tech isn't more tools — its orchestration. Brendan shares how PawthosX acts as an AI-native operating system, coordinating over 45 AI agents to handle scribing, SOAP notes, reminders, and reporting, so clinic teams can reduce the heavy cognitive load by…
Veterinary medicine has long relied on "snapshots" of health taken during clinic visits, but what happens during the months in between? This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak speak with Eric Humbert , Head of Science & AI at Invoxia , about how wearable technology is helping veterinarians monitor pets more continuously and more objectively. Eric explains how the Biotracker uses advanced signal…
This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak welcome Dr. Asaf Dagan , Chief Veterinary Scientist and Co-Founder of PetPace , to discuss how continuous monitoring is expanding clinical visibility outside the exam room. The conversation explores how real-time physiological data can help veterinarians detect changes earlier, better understand chronic conditions, and support more informed follow-ups…
This week, Shawn Wilkie and Dr. Ivan Zak welcome Sebastian Gabor , co-founder of Digitail , to talk about what the latest wave of AI investment means for veterinary medicine and how this momentum could accelerate the arrival of better, cheaper, and more capable AI tools for clinics. With visits down across the industry, they discuss how technology can help strengthen client retention, reactivate…
