diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f625ef45..eeeb1d4f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Currently implemented services:
 - Transport
   - Daily
   - Local (in progress, intended as a quick start example service)
+- Vision
+  - Moondream
 
 If you'd like to [implement a service]((https://github.com/daily-co/daily-ai-sdk/tree/main/src/dailyai/services)), we welcome PRs! Our goal is to support lots of services in all of the above categories, plus new categories (like real-time video) as they emerge.
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ pip install "dailyai[option,...]"
 
 Your project may or may not need these, so they're made available as optional requirements. Here is a list:
 
-- **AI services**: `anthropic`, `azure`, `fal`, `openai`, `playht`, `silero`, `whisper`
+- **AI services**: `anthropic`, `azure`, `fal`, `moondream`, `openai`, `playht`, `silero`, `whisper`
 - **Transports**: `daily`, `local`, `websocket`
 
 ## Code examples
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8baf090ae..c42452d4d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ daily = [ "daily-python~=0.7.0" ]
 examples = [ "python-dotenv~=1.0.0", "flask~=3.0.0", "flask_cors~=4.0.0" ]
 fal = [ "fal~=0.12.0" ]
 local = [ "pyaudio~=0.2.0" ]
+moondream = [ "einops~=0.7.0", "timm~=0.9.0", "transformers~=4.39.0" ]
 openai = [ "openai~=1.14.0" ]
 playht = [ "pyht~=0.0.26" ]
 silero = [ "torch~=2.2.0", "torchaudio~=2.2.0" ]
diff --git a/src/dailyai/services/moondream_ai_service.py b/src/dailyai/services/moondream_ai_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2784a669e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dailyai/services/moondream_ai_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from dailyai.pipeline.frames import ImageFrame
+from dailyai.services.ai_services import VisionService
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
+
+import torch
+
+
+def detect_device():
+    """
+    Detects the appropriate device to run on, and return the device and dtype.
+    """
+    if torch.cuda.is_available():
+        return torch.device("cuda"), torch.float16
+    elif torch.backends.mps.is_available():
+        return torch.device("mps"), torch.float16
+    else:
+        return torch.device("cpu"), torch.float32
+
+
+class MoondreamService(VisionService):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model_id="vikhyatk/moondream2",
+        revision="2024-04-02",
+        device=None
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        if not device:
+            device, dtype = detect_device()
+        else:
+            device = torch.device("cpu")
+            dtype = torch.float32
+
+        self._tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id, revision=revision)
+
+        self._model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
+            model_id, trust_remote_code=True, revision=revision
+        ).to(device=device, dtype=dtype)
+        self._model.eval()
+
+    async def run_vision(self, describe_text: str, frame: ImageFrame) -> str:
+        image = Image.frombytes("RGB", (frame.size[0], frame.size[1]), frame.image)
+        image_embeds = self._model.encode_image(image)
+        description = self._model.answer_question(
+            image_embeds=image_embeds,
+            question=describe_text,
+            tokenizer=self._tokenizer)
+        return description