Harrison.ai Cuts Australian Jobs as Government-Backed Medtech Expands into US
Synopsis
Australian healthtech company Harrison.ai has cut local jobs while expanding into the US through a new teleradiology venture, less than two years after receiving A$32 million in federal backing to support its continued operations in Australia.
Australian healthtech company Harrison.ai has cut local jobs while accelerating its expansion into the United States.
It raised fresh questions about the future of a business that received a A$32 million federal investment last year to keep its operations based in Australia.
The company made some Australian employees redundant earlier this year as it restructured around greater use of artificial intelligence internally.
Harrison.ai is now moving towards a model in which employees manage fleets of AI agents, with managers expected to act as “player-coaches” while teams coordinate AI systems.
From Australian AI Startup to Global Healthtech
Founded by brothers Aengus and Dimitry Tran in 2018, Harrison.ai develops AI tools designed to assist clinicians in interpreting medical images, including chest X-rays and CT scans. Its technology is currently used by more than 3,500 clinicians across over 1,000 sites and has regulatory clearance for clinical use in more than 40 countries, according to the company.
The company raised A$32 million from the federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund as part of a 2025 funding round that valued it at close to A$400 million. At the time, the fund said its investment would help ensure Harrison.ai continued to base its operations in Australia.
Harrison.ai now reports more than A$240 million in funding and says its AI solutions are available to more than half of Australia’s radiologists.
US Expansion Brings New Questions
The company has launched Frontier Radiology, a US-based teleradiology business that employs radiologists to use Harrison.ai’s technology when providing diagnostic services. The venture forms part of Harrison.ai’s broader push into the US healthcare market and follows the establishment of its North American presence in Boston.
The model has also attracted scrutiny from healthcare experts, who have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest when doctors are employed by an organisation affiliated with the technology they are expected to use. Harrison.ai says its systems are designed to assist rather than replace clinicians, while doctors retain independent clinical judgement.
The company has also previously faced privacy scrutiny over medical scans supplied by I-MED for AI training. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ultimately concluded that the material had been sufficiently de-identified and closed its inquiries.
Source: Information Age
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