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