PETKIT launches TRACE, an AI health platform across its feeders, fountains and litter boxes

PETKIT has launched TRACE, an AI platform that reads eating, drinking and litter box activity from its connected devices and flags changes in the PETKIT app. TRACE, short for Trend Recognition and Actionable Care Engine, starts with those three routines and also takes in body weight and behavioral events such as yowling where a device supports them. The company, founded in 2013, says it is trusted by 6 million users across 60+ countries.

The app can flag loose stool or vomiting for an owner to review. "Pets cannot tell us how they feel, but small changes in daily behavior can offer valuable clues," said W. K. Guo, PETKIT's founder. He said TRACE aims to give "pet parents and veterinarians better information to support care."

PETKIT links feeders, fountains and litter boxes into one feed

PETKIT's own Health page names the hardware behind the feed: the Purobot Max Pro litter box with an AI camera, the EverSweet Ultra water fountain and the YumShare Solo 2 feeder, among other devices. The page also describes Kitbo, an AI assistant that sends weekly trend summaries and alerts on drinking or feeding changes, and pet recognition that separates cats in multi-pet homes.

PETKIT says it built the AI in-house over more than 5 years. The company says the training data includes a real-world database from more than 200,000 community users, more than 500,000 multimodal pet health data points and more than 100 million training iterations.

Two veterinarians appear in the launch. Dr. Ashlie Saffire, a feline specialist (DVM, DABVP Feline), said "I see cases of sick cats every day where earlier intervention could have made a huge difference." Dr. Autumn Harris (DVM, DACVIM, DACVNU) noted that increased drinking can be linked to chronic kidney disease, diabetes and hyperthyroidism. PETKIT discloses that both are paid veterinary partners and were not separately compensated for the statements in the release.

Purina, Whisker and Bissell track cats from the litter box

Smart litter box health tracking already has named players. Purina's Petivity slides under a litter box, tracks weight and litter box habits for each cat without a collar or chip, and sends alerts through an app, according to Purina's product page. Purina and Ohio State University researchers analyzed smart litter box data from 136 cats in a kidney disease study we covered at the end of August.

Whisker's Litter-Robot 5 Pro lists at $1,099 on PetSmart's site as of October 30th, 2026, and the listing says per-cat weight and bathroom-habit tracking requires a Whisker+ membership. Bissell entered the category in May with the $399 CleanWell litter box, whose app tracks usage for what the company calls health insights, as we reported in our launch coverage.

That gives retail buyers and rival hardware brands a point of comparison. Purina sells a monitor designed to work with most litter boxes. Whisker and Bissell attach tracking to their own boxes. PETKIT is attaching it to a litter box, a fountain and a feeder at once, and it is pitching the output to clinics as well as owners.

PETKIT plans more routines and vet-written guides

PETKIT says it plans to expand TRACE to more aspects of pets' daily lives as the PETKIT Ecosystem evolves. It is also working with its veterinary partners on veterinarian-authored educational content on chronic kidney disease, urinary tract infections and daily routines.

Guo said the company's vision for TRACE "extends beyond the home and the clinic," with the goal of building stronger connections among pet parents, veterinary teams and the broader pet health community.

PETKIT's health feed now spans a litter box, a fountain and a feeder.

Source: PETKIT via GlobeNewswire