AI firm reportedly lays off staff ahead of plans to launch US teleradiology business
A medical artificial intelligence firm is reportedly laying off staff as it turns its attention toward launching a new U.S. teleradiology business.
Harrison.ai has purportedly let go an unspecified number of staffers in its home country, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday. This as the firm prepares to pivot its business model with an offshoot called Frontier Radiology, which is hiring U.S. readers to utilize its technologies.
The outlet claimed Harrison.ai has sought to suss out redundancies in its staff that warrant elimination. It also has carried out a restructuring plan aimed at turning every employee into a “player-coach” of AI agents, according to internal emails obtained by ABC. This has led to some employees voluntarily leaving Harrison.ai, rather than potentially training their own replacements.
"Some people have chosen to opt out because they are looking for more traditional work environments," Matt Geleta, Harrison.ai’s director of AI operations and enablement, told ABC earlier this year.
The company is now hiring physicians in the U.S. to work for Frontier Radiology, which has a website. Job postings have described the offshoot as an “AI-enabled teleradiology service,” seen as a core part of its 2026 growth plans. Harrison.ai has framed Frontier as an independent medical practice partnered with the AI firm, with the latter providing administrative, operational and technical support.
Harrison.ai estimates that those working for the teleradiology firm can achieve 30% greater productivity with the help of AI. It’s also offering 25% bonuses for the extra work attributed to AI assistance. This while Harrison.ai is reportedly eyeing a possible initial public stock offering, according to ABC.
Founded in 2018, Harrison.ai offers Annalise Enterprise CXR, which leaders believe is the most comprehensive decision aid for X-ray reading, able to identify up to 124 findings. More than 1,000 healthcare facilities worldwide now use its solutions—including 50% of Australian radiologists—with its technology impacting 6 million patients annually.
To date, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a dozen solutions from Harrison.ai. One of its brain CT algorithms also earned FDA Breakthrough Device Designation and Medicare reimbursement through the New Technology Add-on Payment program. Brothers Dimitry and Aengus Tran, MD, who migrated to Australia from Vietnam, co-founded the company. Dimitry Tran, MBA, was inspired to create Harrison.ai after suffering a stomach ulcer at age 12 and witnessing his family and community struggle to access treatment. He has stated a desire to “make good diagnostic care as affordable as water.”
The brothers reportedly did not respond to ABC’s requests for comment. Read more from the outlet here:
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.