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

This is a podcast episode titled, 368. Verility’s Liane Hart on leveraging AI to manage animal fertility + stabilize growing demand for protein. The summary for this episode is: <p>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:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The overall animal health market from both the veterinarian and producer perspective&nbsp;</li><li>Animal fertility challenges and how Verility seeks to innovate in this area&nbsp;</li><li>How farmers and ranchers currently manage a lack of fertility in production agriculture&nbsp;</li><li>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&nbsp;</li><li>How artificial intelligence is being leveraged to create accuracy and profitability for the producer&nbsp;</li><li>Liane’s leap from Purdue student to Elanco employee to entrepreneur – including a stop to observe a technology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital&nbsp;</li><li>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&nbsp;</li><li>What’s ahead for Verility&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p>