Traini raises $7.5m to build generative AI systems that interpret pet emotions
Funding will support R&D and the launch of a cognitive smart collar that aims to translate human and dog communication in real time
Traini said it has completed a $7.5 million funding round to develop artificial intelligence systems designed to interpret pet emotions and intentions.
The company said the round was led by Banyan Tree, Silver Capital, ZhaoTai Group and NYX Ventures, with participation from Starting Gate Fund, Jade Capital and individual investors including vice presidents from NVIDIA, Julian Qian, a member of technical staff at Anthropic, Weihe Zheng of Cowin Capital, Jia He of Nanshan Capital, Peter Xu of Plug and Play China and Zach Zhang of Edgewater Investments.
Existing investors Tao Foundation and Xiaomi co-founder Feng Hong also took part. Traini said proceeds will be used primarily for technology research and development, product iteration and market expansion.
The company said it plans to launch its first smart hardware product, the Cognitive Smart Collar, which it describes as the world’s first cognitive pet wearable and the first human and dog “language” translation device built on generative AI. The device is available for pre-order via the Traini App and the company’s website.
“Our mission is to develop an intelligence that reignites the natural instincts of our furry companions and builds a true spiritual bond between pets and their humans,” said founder Arvin Sun.
According to Traini, its core product, PEBI, short for Pet Empathic Behavior Interface, supports multimodal interaction across text, images, video and audio, and enables real-time voice conversations through proprietary multimodal models.
The company said its models cover nearly 120 dog breeds and achieve emotion translation accuracy of up to 94%. It added that the system has been trained on behavioural data from more than two million dogs, alongside insights drawn from over 900 peer-reviewed studies.
Traini said PEBI can be applied to behaviour translation, emotion recognition, personalised service matching and pet-assisted healthcare diagnostics. It also offers application programming interfaces to veterinary clinics and hardware companies.
The company said it has partnerships with smartphone and electric vehicle brands, has served more than two million dogs, and that its videos have surpassed 70 million views on YouTube. Traini launched PetGPT in 2023, which it said achieved 99% coverage and lifted service engagement by 70%, unveiled its T-Agent product earlier this year, and now collaborates with nearly 40,000 local pet stores.
The Recap
- Traini raises seven million five hundred thousand dollars in funding.
- Cognitive Smart Collar available for pre-order via traini.app.
- Proceeds will fund technology R&D, product iteration, market expansion.
