Hi Product Hunt! I'm excited to share a nearly version of Scritch with you. This is a project that comes from a place of love; I grew up with dogs, have loved and lost them - they're a huge part of my life. And like practically every dog owner, my phone contains nearly 2,000 photos and videos of my dog, that I absolutely refuse to delete. Search through the socials, and you'll find owners deleting photos of their wedding or happily upgrading their phone, rather than delete a single memory of their best friend. So how do we make the most of those photos and videos? I answer is Scritch; we create an AI model of a pet using the owner's media. The digital version can live across devices, in photo frames, even as a hologram on a bookshelf. It can respond to commands, or live its own life - sleeping, playing and so on. Feedback so far has been deeply polarising - from people emailing to pay me yesterday for it, to others insisting it "makes me want to vomit" or scolding me for not consulting psychiatrists. I understand that final comment, especially where AI may be used to memorialise a pet that's passed, but there's a lot to dig into, and it's a topic requiring a deeper sense of perspective and more than a kneejerk reaction. It's early days, but keen to present Scritch to the Product Hunt community!

Scritch

Digital dogs furever

Digital dogs furever