Please describe your proposed solution.

There are several potential problems that could arise in a centralized veterinary triage system:

Limited availability: This can lead to delays in care and potentially serious consequences for pets in need of urgent treatment.

Solution: Virtual consultations make decentralized triage easier for animals in remote or underserved areas to receive care.

Overcrowding: If the triage center is the only option for pet owners seeking care, it may become overcrowded and unable to handle the volume of patients. This can lead to long wait times and decreased efficiency.

Solution: Decentralized triage could allow veterinarians to provide care more quickly and efficiently, as they would not have to coordinate with a central authority or wait for an animal to be transported to their location.

Cost efficiency: By having to visit a veterinary doctor on the premises of a clinic for initial triage, pet owners could be reluctant to act timely based on cost constraints due to location or on premises service fees.

Solution: Eliminating the need to transport animals for a primary assessment could also help to reduce the overall cost of care, making it more affordable for owners.

The reasons why we approach the problem in the way that we have is because the decentralized nature of the system would ensure that pet owners have access to a wide range of medical expertise, while the use of blockchain would provide a secure and transparent record of the case.

Our solution is unique because it will be an AI assisted service, backed by veterinary triage reports stored on Cardano blockchain.

Overall our platform will engage both veterinary doctors as well as pet owners. Further, we will engage with students, clinics and universities.

We will demonstrate our impact through monthly public reports on onboarded veterinary doctors, pet owners as well as the total number of veterinary triage service checkouts.

We anticipate that the vast majority of onboarded users will have to create a Cardano wallet for the first time and learn how to use it. This will help to expand Cardano's community outreach.

How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

VeterinaryDAO will allow people to interact with and benefit from using Cardano.

• Different VeterinaryDAO account types for veterinarians as well as pet owners will be marketed as NFTs minted on NMKR.

• It is very likely that the vast majority of onboarded VeterinaryDAO users will have to create a Cardano wallet for the first time and learn how to use it. This will help expand Cardano's community outreach by bringing people to the community.

• Pet owner checkout payments will be available in ADA, with a discounted service incentive in order to drive more ADA based sales.

• Veterinary doctor withdrawal amounts will be available in ADA, with a discounted withdrawal platform service fee in order to drive more ADA transactions.

How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

Benefits for the Cardano ecosystem include onboarding new users as ADA wallet holders, increased number of payments done using ADA for VeterinaryDAO services as well as use of NFTs in service account feature customizations. Users will be encouraged to acquire Cardano NFTs and checkout for veterinary triage services using ADA.

We will measure the success of our project by tracking the following metrics:

• Number of onboarded VeterinaryDAO users (veterinary doctors, pet owners)
• Number of users that linked a Cardano wallet address to their profile
• Number of featured account types sold by NFTs minted on NMKR
• Number of payments done using ADA

Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

We plan to publish a monthly project update as a public Medium post. That will be shared with our community and linked on our website in the blog section.

We will release detailed reports outlining our progress upon completion of each significant project milestone, maintaining constant dialogue with the Cardano community on Telegram, Discord and other social mediums.

We will use collected data for AI training, with the help of enrolled veterinarians to sort and process information (labeling).

By combining language modeling and computer vision, AI can support veterinary triage while providing a more complete and accurate picture of a patient's medical history and symptoms, helping to improve triage decision making and support the triage process.

Language modeling and computer vision can be used in veterinary triage to support decision making while improving both accuracy and efficiency.

What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

Sorina Urcan, 10+ years of experience in veterinary science

Currently working as: Veterinary Clinical Doctor

Linkedin: Sorina Urcan

Mihai Bărbulescu, 20+ years of experience in web development, cybersecurity and marketing

Currently working as: Freelance Contractor

Linkedin: Mihai Bărbulescu

What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

At the end of the 12 month period we aim to achieve:

• Pet owners will be able to book an online consultation with a vet (text, audio, video)
• Pet owners will be able to pay with ADA, incentivized by lower platform commissions
• Veterinarians will be able to withdraw their earned ADA, incentivized by lower platform commissions
• Veterinarians and pet owners will be able to get extra benefits for their account on the platform by owning a VeterinaryDAO NFT, minted on NMKR

Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

Milestone 1 (Month 1 - Month 3, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Identifying existing online veterinary triage services
• Booking and testing services on existing online veterinary triage services
• Registration of a legal entity for the organization
• Brand design
• Website hosting setup
• Core website setup

Milestone 2 (Month 4 - Month 6, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Different types of accounts (veterinarian / pet owner / customer support)
• Research into options for customizing account features based on NFTs held in wallet
• Architecture design of chat, video conference, booking and checkout integrations
• Architecture design of reporting system to summarize each virtual consultation
• Research into options for storing virtual consultation reports on blockchain
• Research into options for integrating already existing services or developing our own AI service for veterinary triage assistance

Milestone 3 (Month 7 - Month 9, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Chat service integration
• Video conference service integration
• Consultation checkout and booking
• Payment methods integration (FIAT and ADA crypto wallets integrations)
• Reporting system to summarize each virtual consultation, recommendations
• Featured veterinarian/pet owner account NFTs on NMKR

Milestone 4 (Month 10 - Month 12, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Integration of NFT based account features for veterinarians and pet owners
• Marketing, onboarding users (veterinarians and pet owners)
• User testing plan
• Testing with community members
• Analysis of user testing results
• Preparation of alpha version whitepaper for the DAO

At the end of the 12 month period we aim to achieve:

• Pet owners will be able to book an online consultation with a veterinarian (text, audio, video)
• Pet owners will be able to pay with ADA (discounted services incentive)
• Veterinarians will be able to withdraw their earned ADA (discounted commissions incentive)
• Veterinarians and pet owners will be able to have extra account life-time benefits by owning a VeterinaryDAO NFT (increased value over time)

Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

<u>Milestone 1 (Month 1 - Month 3)</u>

Deliverables

• Evaluation of competitor offerings and identification of unique selling points
• Branding elements (logo, color pallet)
• First core website version with home/landing page, terms of service, privacy policy
• Email marketing list setup for announcements and development updates
• Company registration details (copy of registration certificate)

<u>Milestone 2 (Month 4 - Month 6)</u>

Deliverables

• Tutorials guiding on how to create a new veterinarian / pet owner account
• Miro board detailing the logic of featured accounts based on NFTs available in wallet
• Miro board detailing the logic of chat, video conference, booking and checkout integrations
• Miro board detailing the logic of reporting system to summarize each virtual consultation
• Research results for options related to storing virtual consultation reports on blockchain
• Research results for options related to integrating already existing services or developing our own AI service for veterinary triage assistance

<u>Milestone 3 (Month 7 - Month 9)</u>

Deliverables

• Demo of chat service integration for a test veterinary triage session
• Demo of video conference service integration for a test veterinary triage session
• Demo of veterinary triage consultation checkout and booking
• Demo of payments methods integration showcasing payments using both FIAT and ADA.
• Sample reports generated from test veterinary triage consulting sessions
• NMKR dashboard report of NFTs available for minting

<u>Milestone 4 (Month 10 - Month 12)</u>

Deliverables

• Demo of featured accounts based on the presence of NFTs in wallet
• Marketing campaign reports outlining initial costs and conversion rates
• User testing plan
• Report on the number of community members onboarded as initial testers
• Report on user testing results
• Alpha version whitepaper for the DAO

Documentation associated with each milestone completion:

Reporting for each completed milestone will be done using a slideshow presentation with screenshots, videos and proof of concept demos and/or research findings, depending on the task.

We will also open breakout rooms on Cardano Catalyst Town Halls in order to periodically report on our project's progress in front of the community, encouraging feedback and engagement.

Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

Milestone 1 (Month 1 - Month 3, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Identifying existing online veterinary triage services ~ 4000 ADA
• Booking and testing services on existing online veterinary triage services ~ 8000 ADA
• Registration of a legal entity for the organization ~ 16000 ADA
• Preparation of privacy policy ~ 2000 ADA
• Brand design ~ 8000 ADA
• Website hosting setup for 24 months ~ 12000 ADA
• Core domain and website setup ~ 6000 ADA
• Project management ~ 12000 ADA
• Documentation and reporting ~ 4000 ADA

Milestone 2 (Month 4 - Month 6, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Different types of accounts (veterinarian / pet owner / customer support) ~ 6000 ADA
• Research into options for customizing account features based on NFTs held in wallet ~ 9000 ADA
• Architecture design of chat, video conference, booking and checkout integrations ~ 9000 ADA
• Architecture design of reporting system to summarize each virtual consultation ~ 6000 ADA
• Research into options for storing virtual consultation reports on blockchain ~ 10000 ADA
• Research into options for integrating already existing services or developing our own AI service for veterinary triage assistance ~16000 ADA
• Project management ~ 12000 ADA
• Documentation and reporting ~ 4000 ADA

Milestone 3 (Month 7 - Month 9, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Chat service integration ~ 12000 ADA
• Video conference service integration ~12000 ADA
• Consultation checkout and booking ~ 10000 ADA
• Payment methods integration (FIAT and ADA crypto wallets integrations) ~10000 ADA
• Reporting system to summarize each virtual consultation, recommendations ~ 6000 ADA
• Featured veterinarian/pet owner account NFTs on NMKR ~ 6000 ADA
• Project management ~ 12000 ADA
• Documentation and reporting ~ 4000 ADA

Milestone 4 (Month 10 - Month 12, Budget: 72000 ADA)

• Integration of NFT based account features for veterinarians and pet owners ~ 8000 ADA
• Marketing, onboarding users (veterinarians and pet owners) ~ 16000 ADA
• User testing plan ~ 8000 ADA
• Testing with community members ~ 8000 ADA
• Analysis of user testing results ~ 4000 ADA
• Preparation of alpha version whitepaper for the DAO ~ 12000 ADA
• Project management ~ 12000 ADA
• Documentation and reporting ~ 4000 ADA

Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Sorina Urcan, 10+ years of experience in veterinary science

Currently working as: Veterinary Clinical Doctor

Role in project: General Manager, Chief Medical Officer

Linkedin: Sorina Urcan

Mihai Bărbulescu, 20+ years of experience in web development, cybersecurity and marketing

Currently working as: Freelance Contractor

Role in project: General Manager, Chief Technical Officer

Linkedin: Mihai Bărbulescu

Areas in which we expect to require additional team members as project based consultants, with an opportunity to work with us over the long term, depending on further seed funding rounds:

• Web development (Wordpress and integrations of payment methods, text chat and audio/video session booking integrations, custom reporting and other related areas).
• Blockchain
• Artificial Intelligence

We have already done preliminary research and are in contact with Wordpress ecosystem plugin developers, publishers and customization services that will be able to help us solve parts of the project in which we might require their assistance.

On the blockchain side of things we do plan to make use of Aiken, a modern smart contract platform for Cardano.

When it comes to A.I., we have been already actively proposing in SingularityNET's Deep Funding Round 2, in the Ideation Phase pool with the purpose of conducting preliminary research only. We will be looking to integrate one or more A.I. services from the SingularityNET A.I. marketplace, such as printed text recognition, image segmentation and AI sight.

How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

Our solution will offer a broad variety of people the opportunity to interact with and benefit from using Cardano.

Pet owners and veterinary doctors will be first educated on the basics related to Cardano's community and ecosystem benefits. Guides on how to open and secure a personal wallet as well as send and receive payments in ADA will be communicated to our users as part of the onboarding process.

Although users will have the possibility to pay and receive payments in FIAT and cryptocurrencies, they will be encouraged to use ADA specifically as that will ensure lower platform fees.

The use of Cardano smart contracts will be part of our broader vision to ensure accessibility, transparency and security of the data stored as part of veterinary triage services.