Project Incubator Showcase Day 2: AI×Animals
This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom.
Wednesday, November 25, 2026 · 17:00-19:15 UTC
🔗 Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86850276832?pwd=hOqnmnOc3NvXlixWFDOHUXRD8sNsi8.1 Meeting ID: 868 5027 6832
🔐 Passcode: 006147
Join us to celebrate the Fall 2026 cohort of the Sentient Futures Project Incubator! 🎉 Over the past ten weeks, mentees and mentors have teamed up on projects at the frontier of AI and non-human welfare, and now it's time to see what they've built.
Today: Lightning talks from 24 projects across two presentation blocks, with structured networking rounds in between. Join us for the whole event, or just one block, whatever works for your schedule.
More interested in artificial minds and AI futures? See Day 1: Artificial Minds, Welfare Alignment & Post-AGI Futures.
See all project descriptions and schedule times here.
Talks will be recorded and shared on YouTube, given the speakers’ consent .
Block A: Farmed Animals, Wild Animals & Interspecies Communication
Foreworld: AI-Mediated Inquiry into Nonhuman Welfare Concerns · Luciana Russo
What Dies When an EU Welfare Project Ends? A Founder Handover Pack for aWISH · Otto Tutzauer Hellström
Can AI Help Us See Life Returning to the Forest? · Juan Aladino Valdiviezo Alegria
The PRIMAI Project: Who Counts as Someone? Personhood and Linguistic Emergence across Nonhuman Primates and AI · Gabriela Daly, Laura Boscott, Alexandra Cheung & Giovanna Frisso
Aquatic Animal Welfare: Farmed Shrimp, Farmed Tilapia and the Live Crustacean Trade · Amy Brewer, Anusha Narain, Anna Karpierz, Derida Ayu Basariah & Lukas Jasiunas
Does It Help This Species? Finding the Welfare Evidence · Bhagyesh Kumar
Wild Animal Welfare Program: Identifying and Scaling Effective Interventions · Matilda Neame, Nivea Radhakrishnan & Mattias Brodsgaard
What Data Would AI Need to Model Wild Animal Welfare, and Does It Exist? · Adam Holt
First Contact: Lessons from a Humpback Whale Named Twain · Lisa Walker
Two Octopuses, Two Questions, One Goal · Teresina De Iorio & Wolfgang Slany
FaunaVera: AI That Helps You Understand the Animals We Share the World With · Marie Gibbons
Does AI Trail Advice Value Quiet for Wildlife as Much as for People? · Tara Tiger Brown
Block B: Benchmarks, Policy & Tools
Using AI to Automate Animal Protection Benchmarks · Benjy Bream
TAC-Procure: Do AI Purchasing Agents Choose Animal Welfare When Nobody Asks Them To? · Saanidhi Gade
Policy Advocacy in the Philippines: Including AI in Animal Welfare · Lexley Maree Villasis
Signal: AI-Assisted Advocacy · Jaspreet Singh, Stephanie Muller-Simpson & Kayleigh Nance
What Will the World Eat in 2035? A 10-Year AI × Alt Protein Forecast · Anna Bartlett
Your AI Meal Planner Would Order You a Live Lobster · Prem Tawar
FarmBench: Does an AI Farm Manager Look After the Animals? · Arda Enfiyeci
AI Sandboxes and Animal Welfare: Putting a UK Growth Bill in Front of the Animal Sentience Committee · Laura Thomas-Walters
What Makes Provisions for Voiceless Interests Bite? · Patrick Juric
SHIFT: Shared Hub for Insights on Food Transitions · Sarah Clifton
Remain: Building Mental-Health Support That Helps Animal Advocates Stay · Ximena Rodriguez
Human Mentor: Building Mentorship & Support Infrastructure for Animal Advocates · Diana Rivera Santiago
Looking forward to seeing you there,
The Sentient Futures team