We built Petus for our own pets
first.
Most pets only see a vet once something’s already gone wrong. We wanted the opposite — something that quietly keeps an eye on the day-to-day, holds your pet’s whole health story in one place, answers the “is this normal?” moments honestly, and brings a real vet in when it matters. That’s Petus.
It started with our own pets.
When one of them seemed off, the options were all poor: search the internet and weigh up contradictory answers, or wait days for an appointment only to be told "it's probably fine." Either way you're guessing — about an animal who can't tell you what's wrong.
It should be possible to get a clear, trustworthy answer the moment you need one, to reach a real vet without the wait, and to keep your pet's whole health history in one place.
Petus is what we wished existed when our own pets needed help.
From longevity science,
to pet health.
Between us, we’ve spent years in human longevity research — the unglamorous work of spotting problems early and acting before they get serious, rather than waiting for the emergency.
Pets deserve the same. Catch the slow drift before it’s a diagnosis. Understand what a symptom actually means. Give owners the kind of answer they’d normally have to wait for a vet to hear.
So Petus is built on real veterinary research, and UK-licensed vets check the advice and step in when a person is needed. If Petus tells you something, it can show you why — and a vet stands behind it.
The people behind Petus.
Scientists and builders who’ve worked in human health for years — and are pet owners themselves.
Antonia Schultze-Mosgau
Strategy & Operations
Behavioural Neuroeconomics (Berkeley) and Business Psychologist (Mannheim). Co-founded Oxford Cancer Analytics and researched canine and comparative genomics (Cambridge). Adviser at Oxford Society of Ageing and Longevity.
Care that doesn’t wait for a crisis.
Petus pays attention every day, not just at the annual check-up. It reads the photos you send, keeps the health record up to date, and speaks up when the small things start to add up. And when you want a person, a UK vet is right there. The point is simple: catch things while they’re still easy to fix.