PettiChat Pets' AI Translator Tops 1 Million Yen On Makuake In 10 Hours
The 10-hour total shows crowdfunding demand for consumer AI hardware that turns pet vocalizations into interpretable messages, a use case the maker trained over about two years with veterinary and volunteer data.
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PettiChat, an AI pet translator from Eleven LLC, raised more than 1 million yen in support purchases within 10 hours of its Makuake project going live. The roughly 27.2g unit attaches to a collar, infers a dog's or cat's mood and desires from vocalizations, and relays them as Japanese-language messages. It also plays owner-directed audio to the pet, checks location over Bluetooth, and carries no monthly fee for Makuake buyers.
Eleven LLC says the collar unit weighs about 27.2g and answers in about 1.2 seconds, the manufacturer's stated response time. Messages appear in a dedicated app, where the maker suggests comparing the reading against the pet's expression, gestures, and situation right after it vocalizes.
The device also carries location checking and a nearby-pet search over Bluetooth, for the times a pet is not in its usual spot. Units bought through Makuake come with the main functions, two-way communication, location checking, and software updates, and no monthly fee or subscription. Development ran about two years.
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