Avito Updates AI Pet Search Service with Photo Matching
Avito updated its AI-powered 'XvostRadat' service to automatically monitor listings and match lost or found pets using photos, sending real-time notifications. The service has helped return nearly 200 animals within two months.
Consensus
- Avito updated its 'XvostRadat' AI service for finding lost or found pets.
- The service now monitors listings 24/7 in the background while an ad is active.
- Users receive push notifications and email alerts when a match is found.
- The system uses computer vision to search for photo matches in both directions — between lost and found pets.
- Users can upload up to 10 photos, specify the animal type (cat or dog), date, and location.
- Matches are displayed in the ad card, and users can contact each other via chat.
- The service is free and accessible in the 'Lost and Found Animals' section.
- The service is searchable via keywords like 'потерялась', 'пропала', 'нашли собаку', and in 'Cats' and 'Dogs' categories.
- Over 6,000 listings are currently in the system: 4,116 for lost pets and 2,299 for found pets.
- About 300 new listings are added daily.
- The service has returned nearly 200 animals to their owners in the first two months.
Coverage (2 sources)
- AI service for finding missing animals got new features — РИАМО
- Avito updated "TailRadar". AI independently searches for pets by photo - SPb Newspaper - St. Petersburg news — Gazeta.SPb