Purina announces pet care prize winners

Nearly 140 companies applied for the Purina’s Pet Care Innovation Prize. Now five pet care start-ups from across the US and Canada have been selected as the 2023 winners of the seventh annual Pet Care Innovation Prize powered by Purina:

• Artie is the only countertop appliance system in the US to prepare artisan-inspired, home-cooked meals for dogs at the touch of a button.
• EpiPaws is the maker of a pet age test kit that can help determine a pet's estimated birthday with a quick oral swab.
• Happy Bond makes preservative-free dog food with no fillers and no additives. Each jar is filled with premium, human-grade ingredients and doesn't need to be refrigerated until it's opened.
• PDX Biotech is the creator of OraStripdx, a first-in-class, rapid screening test for veterinarians to detect periodontal disease in dogs and cats early in the disease, while it is invisible.
• Sylvester.ai creates predictive visual healthcare products using artificial intelligence.

Each of the five start-up winners will receive 25 000 dollars of mentorship from the Pet Care Innovation team, and will participate in an accelerator boot camp at Purina's headquarters in St. Louis.