In a veterinary exam room, the moment after an X-ray is taken is often one of suspended uncertainty. The veterinarian sees a shadow, a possible fracture, a potential mass, but the definitive read from a board-certified radiologist can take days. Radimal, a New Jersey-based startup founded by a veterinary radiologist and his AI-engineer brother, is betting that a combination of instant AI triage and on-demand human specialist oversight can close it.
The hybrid wedge
Radimal’s core proposition is a software platform that connects directly to a clinic’s existing X-ray machine, creating a “plug-and-play” integration [Perplexity Sonar Pro Brief]. Once connected, images flow automatically into a cloud dashboard. There, an AI model provides an initial assessment within minutes. This is followed, optionally or for complex cases, by a consultation from one of the company’s 12 board-certified DACVR veterinary radiologists. The company reports an average return time of 35 minutes for STAT cases and six hours for standard reads [Radimal].
Traction through partnership
The most significant validation of Radimal’s model to date is its exclusive partnership with Petfolk, a national network of veterinary clinics. In January 2025, Petfolk announced it had selected Radimal as its exclusive provider of teleradiology services across its entire network [Yahoo Finance]. Radimal claims to have delivered over 50,000 board-certified specialist consultations and analyzed over 150,000 cases with its AI [Radimal]. A third-party estimate pegged the company’s revenue at approximately $660,000 as of September 2025 [getlatka.com].
The competitive and regulatory landscape
Radimal operates in a niche but competitive corner of animal health tech. Its direct competitors include other veterinary teleradiology services like Vetology and SignalPET. The company’s differentiation rests on its integrated AI-human workflow and its emphasis on smooth integration [Perplexity Sonar Pro Brief].
What comes next
The next twelve months for Radimal will likely focus on scaling the Petfolk integration and proving its model with other multi-clinic groups. For veterinarians and the pets they treat, the standard of care today often involves a difficult choice: make a best-guess diagnosis or send the images out to a teleradiology service and wait. Radimal’s bet is that by collapsing that timeline from days to minutes or hours, it can improve outcomes for a common, stressful scenario in companion animal medicine.