About Pontiro

Independent AI Evaluation for Healthcare

We help hospitals, healthcare providers, and AI vendors make confident, evidence-based decisions about artificial intelligence.

Pontiro team

Our Story

Pontiro began in radiology data anonymisation. We built technology to strip patient identifiers from medical images and clinical reports, enabling hospitals to unlock their data for research and AI development without compromising patient privacy.

Working at the intersection of clinical data and AI, we saw a growing gap: healthcare organisations were adopting AI tools rapidly, but had no structured way to evaluate whether those tools actually delivered clinical value. Vendor claims were abundant. Independent evidence was not.

That gap became our core mission. Today, we help hospitals measure AI impact, support vendors in proving clinical validity, and give procurement teams the evidence they need to make confident decisions.

Pontiro presenting to healthcare partners

From anonymisation to evaluation

The same rigour, applied to AI outcomes

What We Believe

Three principles that shape every evaluation, assessment, and recommendation we deliver.

Evidence Over Opinion

Every recommendation is grounded in structured methodology, real-world data, and measurable clinical outcomes. We don't guess. We measure.

Vendor-Neutral. Always.

We are not aligned with any AI vendor. Our assessments serve the interests of healthcare organisations and patients, and nobody else.

Clinical Reality

Our team understands clinical workflows, healthcare regulation, and the realities of deploying AI in real medical environments.

The team

Real people. Real expertise.

We're a small, focused team that combines healthcare domain knowledge with technical depth. Every evaluation is hands-on. You'll work directly with us, not a rotating cast of consultants.

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Lewis Bowen

Lewis Bowen

Chief Executive Officer

Leading Pontiro's mission to bring evidence-based AI evaluation to healthcare organisations across the UK.

Evan Jenkins

Evan Jenkins

Chief Commercial Officer

Driving partnerships with hospitals and healthcare providers to expand access to independent AI evaluation.

Adam Shannon

Adam Shannon

Chief Technology Officer

Building the evaluation and anonymisation technology that powers our clinical assessments.

2M+
Images anonymised
with 99.9% PII removal accuracy
99.9%
PII removal rate
across DICOM images and clinical reports
7+
Compliance frameworks
GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001 and more
100%
Vendor-neutral
no affiliations, no conflicts of interest

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Ready to Evaluate Your AI?

Whether you're evaluating AI, looking for vendor validation, or exploring data anonymisation, we'll start with a conversation, not a sales pitch.