[ About the studio ]

A studio for Portuguese intelligence.

Portial is a small studio based in Porto. We design, build and operate artificial intelligence systems for organisations that want results in production, not in a demo.

01 · Why we exist

AI projects die in three places.

The wrong problem. The wrong data. No path to production. Most consultancies are good at one of these. We work on all three.

We are engineers, researchers and operators. We've shipped AI into industry, healthcare and the public sector. We know what it takes for a model to still be working six months after launch. That's the only outcome we sell.

02 · Principles

How we work.

Ship, don't slide

Slides are a means. A running system is the product. We measure ourselves by what stays in production.

Scope is a promise

Fixed scope, clear timelines, no creep. If the problem moves, we re-scope openly.

Your data, your IP

Code, weights and docs go into your repo. No lock-in. We never train across clients.

Governance, from day one

GDPR, NIS2 and the EU AI Act aren't things we bolt on at the end. They shape the architecture from the first sketch.

03 · Facts

The small print, up front.

Entity
Portial, Inteligência Artificial, Lda
VAT
517 695 588
HQ
Av. da Boavista 3211, 4100-135 Porto
Founded
2025
Team
5 senior practitioners
Data residency
EU (Portugal / Ireland)
Contact
geral@portial.pt
Languages
English · Português

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