OpenVet Introduces OpenAnimal, Bringing Comparative Medical Intelligence to Pet Parents

Opening in early access, the free app combines an animal’s medical history and veterinary guidance to help families understand and manage care.

MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES, September 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — OpenVet, a comparative medical intelligence company, today introduced OpenAnimal, the pet-parent side of its system. OpenVet’s clinical AI is used in thousands of veterinary hospitals and clinics across all 50 states, with veterinarian users in over 50 countries. OpenAnimal combines an animal’s medical history, veterinary evidence, and guidance from participating veterinarians to help families understand care. Limited early access is now open through a waitlist.

No one holds the medical record for the animals of the world. An animal’s history is scattered across clinics, software systems, and the memory of the person who knows them best. OpenVet is building a universal medical record around the animal. One animal. One continuing medical history. OpenVet serves the veterinarian; OpenAnimal serves the family. Together, they connect what was recommended, what was given, and what happened next.

A family with a new prescription can ask what to watch for, with their animal’s history and veterinary instructions in view. They can record whether the medication was given and what changed, adding life at home to the same medical history.

“We believe animal medicine can help lead the next era of medical AI,” said Adam Sager, founder and CEO of OpenVet. “We’re building a living map of disease, treatment, and recovery across species. That requires the full story of the animal, including life beyond the clinic. OpenAnimal brings families into building that story while helping them care for the animals they love.”

What OpenAnimal does

One medical record for the animal. Bring labs, notes, visits, and observations at home into a continuous history that follows the animal across clinics and stages of life.

Veterinarian-Guided AI. Answers combine the animal’s records and veterinary literature with guidance contributed by participating veterinarians, with the strength of the evidence shown.

Connection to the practice. A channel for questions, instructions, and updates, with next steps built around the veterinarian and guidance on when to call or seek emergency care.

OpenAnimal is designed for everyday questions about nutrition and activity, new symptoms, ongoing conditions, and care as an animal ages. The goal is more healthy, active years together.

“Pet parents are a critical part of the medical team. They know what their animal eats, how they move, and when something subtle changes,” said Natalie Marks, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer of OpenVet.

How the system works

OpenVet connects the patient’s record with a structured ontology of diseases, drugs, doses, species constraints, and their relationships. Its evidence assessment asks three distinct questions: how strong the evidence is, whether the source can be verified, and whether it applies to the species being treated.

Board-certified specialists in oncology, neurology, emergency and critical care, and internal medicine shape and evaluate its clinical reasoning. The clinical foundation is shared; the roles are distinct. Veterinarians make clinical decisions. OpenAnimal helps families understand the plan, follow it, and record the animal’s response.

From one animal’s care to medicine across species

Animal medicine brings biological diversity into everyday care. OpenVet’s comparative approach asks how disease, treatment response, and recovery differ across animals and species, and where shared biology makes those comparisons useful.

The immediate value is a fuller history for the next care decision. Across those histories, OpenVet aims to learn which treatments work, for which animals, and under what conditions.

Better animal medicine is the first purpose. The potential extends to human medicine wherever the biology is shared.

“What happens at home belongs in the medical record,” said Andrew Heller, DVM, cofounder and COO of OpenVet. “Our guidance should still be useful after a family leaves the clinic.”

Availability

OpenAnimal is opening limited early access to selected pet parents and veterinary teams through its waitlist at openanimal.ai. A broader consumer rollout will follow. The medical record, answers, and platform connection to a veterinarian are free for pet parents.

About OpenVet

OpenVet is a comparative medical intelligence company building a living map of disease, treatment, and recovery across animal species. Its mission spans companion animals, livestock, horses, wildlife, and every animal on Earth. OpenVet and OpenAnimal connect clinical care with life at home as two sides of one medical system.

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