Equiti acquires Lexi to expand AI medical interpretation services. The deal adds Lexi's AI language support in more than 35 languages to Martti's portfolio of human medical interpretation services. By Jessica Hagen, Executive Editor | October 28, 2026 | 2:07 PM Florida-based Equiti, formerly Cloudbreak Health, announced it acquired healthcare AI language interpretation company Lexi to expand its healthcare-focused video remote interpretation services. Lexi is an AI language interpretation platform for healthcare that supports more than 35 languages and dialects. The company said it can integrate its AI interpretation services into EHR and phone workflows. Equiti focuses more broadly on human healthcare language interpretation and offers medical interpreters 24/7 in more than 250 languages and dialects. The company said those interpreters receive 120 hours of healthcare training, ongoing education, performance monitoring and specialized coaching. The company also offers Martti University, which provides additional accredited training for human interpreters and other healthcare professionals who help patients access care in their preferred language. Lexi's AI services will be added to Equiti's Martti offering, a video-based remote interpretation platform, with the teams working together. "The healthcare industry has spent years treating language access as something that happens during a medical appointment, but patients navigate language barriers long before they enter an exam room and well after they leave," Maureen Huber, CEO of Equiti, told MobiHealthNews. "AI creates an opportunity to make language support available throughout that experience, from scheduling and routine communications to follow-up coordination, while qualified medical interpreters remain central to complex and sensitive clinical conversations. Acquiring Lexi gives us the technology and specialized expertise to bring those capabilities together, with the flexibility to match the type of language support to the needs of each interaction." THE LARGER TREND In March 2024, UpHealth, then a digital health holding company, sold Cloudbreak to an entity controlled by Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR in an all-cash transaction. GTCR partnered with Huber, who became CEO. One month later, Cloudbreak Health rebranded as Equiti and acquired tech-enabled language services provider Voyce, bringing Voyce's offerings and Cloudbreak's Martti under one company. Huber led Equiti as CEO, while Voyce CEO Andrew Royce became president. Other companies offering healthcare interpretation services include LanguageLine Solutions, AMN Healthcare Language Services and Boostlingo. Jessica Hagen is the executive editor of MobiHealthNews. Email: [email protected] MobiHealthNews is a HIMSS Media publication. Follow Jessica's digital health coverage on LinkedIn: Jessica Hagen. WATCH NOW: AI must enhance safety and humanize healthcare delivery, not just speed it up

Equiti acquires Lexi AI to expand healthcare language access through AI and human interpretation. The acquisition connects immediate AI language support with qualified medical interpreters across the patient journey. SUNRISE, Fla., Oct. 28, 2026 - Equiti, a technology company focused on equitable access to care, today announced that it has acquired Lexi, an award-winning healthcare AI language interpretation company. The acquisition brings Lexi's immediate AI language support together with Martti and its network of qualified medical interpreters to help healthcare organizations expand language access across the care journey. With this acquisition, Equiti is building on Martti's work pioneering video remote interpretation in healthcare more than two decades ago. Healthcare organizations are increasingly using AI across clinical and administrative workflows, and purpose-built solutions are now becoming available for responsible language interpretation. Equiti sees an opportunity to shape this new modality with the same customer collaboration and patient-first discipline that guided Martti's development. Just as Martti was built alongside healthcare organizations to make qualified interpreters available by video, Lexi has been developed with healthcare customers to extend immediate language support into more workflows. The acquisition brings those capabilities together, with human-in-the-loop design, patient safety, and patient experience at its center. Language access is a strategic performance driver for healthcare organizations, as effective communication influences patient understanding and experience, clinical outcomes, workforce efficiency, and financial performance. A broader set of connected modalities gives organizations more ways to address those needs across the patient journey. Effective communication is not only essential to helping patients understand and navigate their care; it is also a key driver of clinical, operational, and financial performance for healthcare organizations. Combining AI and human interpretation makes language support more accessible across the patient journey, helping organizations improve care delivery while making better use of their resources. Equiti calls this approach Modality Matters(TM): a connected model that allows healthcare organizations to match each encounter with the appropriate modality - immediate, healthcare-purpose-built AI support for approved use cases and qualified medical interpretation where clinical complexity, regulatory requirements, organizational policy, or patient preference calls for a human interpreter. This connected approach provides the flexibility to select - and dynamically shift - between modalities as clinical context and communication needs change in real time. The combined portfolio will extend language access into everyday interactions that often go unsupported, helping patients and provider teams understand one another across more moments of care. Lexi provides immediate AI interpretation in more than 35 languages and dialects, with integration options for EHR and phone workflows. Through Martti, Equiti provides 24/7 access to qualified medical interpreters across more than 250 languages and dialects, backed by a 120-hour healthcare curriculum, annual continuing education, quality monitoring, and specialized coaching. Martti University extends that investment with accredited professional development for interpreters and other healthcare professionals involved in language access. "AI is opening a new chapter in language access, and Equiti is committed to leading it responsibly," said Maureen Huber, CEO of Equiti. "This is an investment in the next generation of language access, bringing Lexi's capabilities together with Martti's human expertise so healthcare organizations can put patients first while strengthening the performance of their language access programs." Founded by Linh Pham and Siddharth UR, Lexi was named the 2025 winner of the Peter M. Sacerdote Grand Prize in the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition's Social Enterprise Track. "Joining Equiti brings together two teams with complementary experience and a shared commitment to patient-centered language access," said Linh Pham, co-founder and CEO of Lexi. "By combining Lexi's healthcare AI expertise with Equiti's decades of language access leadership and qualified interpreter network, we can support more people across more moments of care." "We built Lexi to fit the way healthcare teams actually work, bringing immediate language support into the devices and workflows they already use," said Siddharth UR, co-founder and chief product officer of Lexi. "As part of Equiti, we can extend that experience across the patient journey and connect it to a broader language access model built around the needs of each encounter." Lexi will operate alongside Martti under Equiti, with the teams working together on implementation and integration across healthcare workflows. Equiti will work with each customer to determine how the solutions fit within its language access program, clinical environment, and organizational policies. "When we founded Martti, we set out to use technology to remove language as a barrier to care," said Andy Panos, founder of Martti and founder in residence at Equiti. "From pioneering video remote interpretation to advancing healthcare-purpose-built AI, the technology continues to evolve, but the purpose does not. Bringing Lexi into Equiti carries that mission forward and gives us another way to help patients, families, and care teams understand one another when it matters most." About Equiti. Equiti is a healthcare technology company and a recognized leader in healthcare interpretation. In 2026, Equiti was named a Leader in the Slator Language Service Provider Index and ranked fifth for healthcare interpreting in the NIMDZI 100. Through Martti, Equiti connects healthcare organizations with qualified medical interpreters across more than 250 languages and dialects, including American Sign Language. Equiti serves hospitals, health systems, and communities with technology and language access services designed for healthcare. Learn more at equitihealth.com. About Lexi. Lexi AI, Inc. develops healthcare-focused AI language support for multilingual communication across the patient journey. Founded by Linh Pham and Siddharth UR, Lexi supports more than 35 languages and dialects. Lexi won the 2025 Peter M. Sacerdote Grand Prize in the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition's Social Enterprise Track. Learn more at withlexi.com.

Equiti has launched Martti for Kids, a medical interpretation solution designed specifically for pediatric care. Developed in partnership with children's hospitals, the platform connects healthcare providers, young patients, and families to qualified interpreters in over 250 languages in under 20 seconds on average. The solution addresses the same language barriers present in adult care but with a child-friendly interface tailored to pediatric patients' emotional and communication needs. Equiti worked with child life specialists, hospital youth advisory groups, and parents to develop the product. "Our goal is to close gaps in access to care, and pediatric interpretation is a gap hiding in plain sight," said Maureen Huber, CEO of Equiti. The company emphasises that language access in pediatric care is a patient safety issue directly impacting outcomes.