When you think of pet sitting, artificial intelligence is not the first thing that springs to mind. But a company that is fast adapting to the ways of the 21^st century may change all that.

This week PetCloud was the first pet sitting company in the world to demonstrate the use of Google Home to return Pet Sitter search recommendations via voice activated speakers.

PetCloud CEO Deb Morrison said the company has “only just begun to scratch the surface of what’s possible”.

“We live in a time when digital technology is transforming our lives, our interaction with businesses and the world, but also generating an exponential growth in data and information,” Deb said.

“At PetCloud, we are focused on empowering Pet Owners to easily connect with pet organisations and people who can help deliver pet services. To do this, we are infusing AI into everything we deliver across our computing platforms and experiences.”

With 65 per cent of households in Australia owning pets and the high rate of new technology adoption, Deb believes companies should serve up information to customers in a way that they want to access it.

The technology also means visually impaired pet owners will eventually use PetCloud’s technology to find care for their pets. The estimated number of people visually impaired in the world is 285 million, 39 million blind and 246 million having low vision.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is considered to be the number one hottest investments in the world right now with analysts at Citigroup predicting AI "could be just as disruptive as the advent of the smartphone".