368. Verility’s Liane Hart on leveraging AI to manage animal fertility + stabilize growing demand for protein

There are roughly 86 million head of cattle and 74 million head of hogs in the US. That’s according to USDA – those numbers flat year over year in a market where the demand for animal protein is expected to be up 5% by 2033. It’s a math equation that creates a challenge but also creates an opportunity for innovation. Liane Hart, co-founder and CEO, of Verility joins us to talk animal health. She gets into:  The overall animal health market from both the veterinarian and producer perspective Animal fertility challenges and how Verility seeks to innovate in this area How farmers and ranchers currently manage a lack of fertility in production agriculture Verility’s platform, Fertile-Eyez, the first true AI fertility device in the animal health industry and its ability to remove all subjectivity of sperm analysis and ovulation detection How artificial intelligence is being leveraged to create accuracy and profitability for the producer Liane’s leap from Purdue student to Elanco employee to entrepreneur – including a stop to observe a technology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Lessons she’s learned as an entrepreneur along the way and advice she’d share with those who might have an innovative idea in agbioscience What’s ahead for Verility