AI for Good Design ChallengeAgainst All Oddz
Fetch
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Team AniTech · Amanda Ross · Prateek Ghosh · Sakshi Bhasin · Vaishnavi Lokhande · Viral Koshti
The problem
One animal. Ten places to look.
Impact
One case. Every source. Sorted.
Innovative solution
What happens when a message arrives.
1 · AI opens one case per animal and asks what is missing
2 · High: cruelty, bites, legal
Medium: check the flags
Low: a volunteer takes it
Cost Estimator - Time, Money, etc.Re-checked every time a new record arrives, not just at intake.
Within budget · 3 · On the board, assigned by priority and skill
IntakeEvaluationVet careFosterAdoption
We cannot · 4 · Matched to who can
SPCARescuesTrainersVet aid
5 · Every case leaves a record
Answers, with sources
Trends across cases
Evidence for grants
What it costs
About $1,000 a month, fully supported.
MONTHLY, ALL-IN~$1,000
$700 to $1,700 range
About $2 per request
Shared across 20 rescues: roughly $300 to $600 each.
Hosting, database and backupsMonitoring, logins and file storage
$100 to 250
AI reading and draftingReads messages, estimates cost, drafts replies
$50 to 150
Text and phone lineOne number for texts and voicemail
$20 to 40
Maintenance and support5 to 10 hours a month of updates and fixes
$500 to 1,250
What it saves
16 minutes back on every request.
| Per request | Today | Fetch |
| Find the message | 3 min | 0 |
| Retype it into Shelterluv | 6 min | 1 min |
| Decide priority and who takes it | 4 min | 1 min |
| Write the reply | 3 min | 1 min |
| Match follow-ups to the right animal | 4 min | 1 min |
| Total | 20 min | 4 min |
130 hrsof staff time back each month
$2,700of time saved a month, at $20 an hour
2.7xreturn on the $1,000 all-in cost
Feasibility
What it saves.
TimeAn animal's full history in minutes, not hours.
MoneyKnow the true cost before you commit.
EnergyVolunteers take the easy cases, staff take the hard ones.
AnimalsMore time helping animals, less on paperwork.
Same staff. Same budget. More animals.
Future development
One shared rescue network.
Today a rescue says no and the owner gets a phone number. Tomorrow the animal gets a new home.
More animals savedFull or over budget, the case goes to a partner with room instead of being turned away.
Hours per transferThe partner gets the whole story in one click. No phone tag, no retyping records.
Each rescue in controlYour data stays yours. A case is shared only when you choose to share it.
Easy to joinRescues keep the tools they already use. Nothing to switch, nothing to buy.
Every rescue that joins is one more place to say yes.AAO today, Western New York next, statewide after that.
AI for Good Design ChallengeAgainst All Oddz
Stop searching. Start helping.
Questions and ideas are welcome.
Team AniTech · Amanda Ross · Prateek Ghosh · Sakshi Bhasin · Vaishnavi Lokhande · Viral Koshti