Cat AI is going to be slop. Here’s how we tried not to be.
A 4-tier voice quality gate, a 15-mood daily lottery, pop-culture voice modes, and 17 rounds of audit. The architecture behind a cat AI that tries not to sound generic.
From Natsume to Bridgerton: how an HCI paper changed our cat AI
An HCI paper validated defamiliarization as the lever for non-mundane LLM cat voice. Their reference set was 1906 Japanese literary fiction. We translated it to pop culture our users actually recognise.
I shipped a cat AI app in 14 days with Claude as pair programmer. Here’s the playbook.
Solo dev, Singapore-based, zero outside funding. From create-expo-app to Google Play production in fourteen days. The workflow, the audit loop, what Claude was good at, what it wasn’t.
Does Your Cat Hate You? What Body Language Actually Means
The signs cat owners read as "she hates me" usually mean something else. The body-language guide to what your cat is actually saying.
The Feline Five: Every Cat Personality Type Explained
The peer-reviewed Feline Five framework, all 9 archetypes, and how to find your cat's type in 90 seconds. The first real cat personality test.
My Cat Was Sick for 3 Weeks. I Had No Idea.
A founder's story: weeks of subtle drift my eyes missed, what the data caught, and how Health Rhythm changed the way I track my cat.
Can AI Actually Translate What Your Cat Is Saying?
A grounded look at what AI cat translators can — and can't — do. We don't decode thoughts; we read 6 channels of signal.
Building an AI for Cats — Why VCs Passed
The solo founder of CatMD on why VCs passed on a $50B pet market, why the cat-AI niche is now solvable, and why we built it anyway.
11pets vs CatMD: Tracker or Health Intelligence?
11pets organizes vet records. CatMD interprets behaviour, body language, and patterns. When to pick which — and why most owners need both.