Augmented Healthcare, a Bury-based HealthTech startup, is preparing to unveil a new clinical AI tool.
Founder Dr Jonti Hudson is a practising GP and computer engineer whose real-time AI model is designed to support clinicians during live consultations.
The company’s Consultation Dashboard (CoDa) platform passively listens to conversations between doctors and patients. It then identifies ‘red flags’ signaling possible serious illness and raises them instantly for clinical consideration.
To bring his vision to life, Dr Hudson worked with GM Business Growth Hub’s Innovation Service, receiving innovation grant funding and expert guidance to develop the platform.
The innovation grant-funded a five-month product development project which enabled external specialists to complete the required data generation, model tuning, clinical evaluation, and a full system audit.
The company has strengthened its AI engine, mapped a clear route to regulatory validation, and is forecasting a 1,000% increase in turnover in the next three years having received a £19,100 innovation grant.
“This project has allowed us to build a stronger and safer AI engine ready for clinical settings,” said Dr Hudson. “The funding accelerated technical development, but the strategic guidance has been equally important.
“The support helped us understand where our product fits in Greater Manchester’s fast-moving health innovation landscape.”
Dr Yousef Taktak, Innovation Specialist for Health and Life Sciences at GM Business Growth Hub, commented that “regulatory alignment and scalable infrastructure planning can be easy to overlook at an early stage”.
He added: “These are very important foundations, but ones that can be difficult to resource for a HealthTech startup.”
With his PhD, MBA, and years of experience helping healthcare companies navigate everything from NHS market access to investor pitches, Dr Taktak helped Dr Hudson to take their clinical intuition and translate it into a value proposition that makes commercial sense to people who have never worked a 10-minute consultation.
“Our aim was to help the company build scalable infrastructure with patient safety at its core,” said Dr Taktak.
In September 2025 Augmented Healthcare presented at the Greater Manchester-Germany Innovation Summit. Following that, the company was selected to join a life sciences trade mission to Ireland in November.
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Led by Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, the delegation explored Ireland’s evolving healthcare landscape, gaining market insight and identifying the potential for collaboration, innovation and export.
These opportunities linked Augmented Healthcare to the region’s innovation ecosystem and to international partners.
“Dr Jonti’s journey with Augmented Healthcare is an outstanding example of purpose‑driven innovation making a tangible difference to the healthcare sector,” said Yvonne Grady, head of innovation at GM Business Growth Hub.
“They’ve created an incredibly powerful market‑first product that gives clinicians rapid, reliable insight into early signs of serious illness supporting faster decisions, better outcomes, and ultimately safer patient care.”