AI scribe for solo veterinary practices

AI scribes are reshaping clinical documentation across medicine in 2026 — and veterinary practices are the last major clinical vertical without a dominant player. The AI veterinary scribe search category grew +1500% in the past six months: a brand-new lane that didn't exist at the start of 2025. Yet the existing tools are already pricing out the solo vet. VetRec charges $99–$150 per DVM per month. CoVet sits at $99/month. ScribbleVet's $40 Essential tier caps at 150 SOAP notes per month — less than 10 working days for a solo vet seeing 15–25 animals daily. Scribenote offers a free tier but its Pro plan is $79/month and focused on SOAP notes only. The US has 133,475 licensed veterinarians (AVMA 2025), and 75–85% of the country's 34,000+ vet facilities are small, independently owned practices. The average solo vet spends 1–2 extra hours per day on SOAP notes and discharge paperwork. That is 250–500 hours a year of documentation that adds zero clinical value. The Merck–AVMA Veterinary Wellbeing Study found 61% of veterinarians reporting high exhaustion — a burnout rate that tracks almost perfectly with the dental profession before AI scribes arrived there. The wedge: a $39/mo flat-rate scribe built for the one-DVM practice. Voice → SOAP note + discharge instructions + client follow-up template, all in one take. Unlimited notes. No per-seat metering. No integration requirement with a PIMS. The solo vet is the only seat — pricing that penalizes 'per DVM' is just tax on being small. The category is in its seed stage. Every week of compounding SEO and word-of-mouth before a well-funded competitor targets this niche is a moat.