Built so language never delays care.

No Barrier is an AI medical interpretation company founded in 2023 in San Francisco. Our voice AI delivers HIPAA-compliant interpretation in 40+ languages, in seconds, for clinicians serving the 25M+ patients in the U.S. with limited English proficiency.

Founded 2023
San Francisco, CA
$2.7M raised
HIPAA · SOC 2

Why No Barrier exists

Every year, 25 million Americans walk into clinics where they can't fully understand their doctor. And there are fewer than 10,000 certified medical interpreters in the country to help them. The Joint Commission has documented that adverse events involving patients with limited English proficiency are nearly twice as likely to cause physical harm as those involving English speakers. We founded No Barrier in 2023 to fix a problem human staffing alone never could: instant, HIPAA-compliant medical interpretation in 40+ languages, the second a clinician needs it.

Meet The Team

Eyal Heldenberg

Eyal Heldenberg

Chief Executive Officer

With 15+ years leading voice AI innovation, Eyal has pioneered speech recognition solutions that transformed communication for millions of users across multiple industries before founding No Barrier to tackle healthcare's language challenges.

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Moshe Abramovitch

Moe Abramovitch

Chief Operating Officer

AI leader who scaled speech analytics products reaching millions of users for industry-leading brands. Moshe brings operational excellence to No Barrier's mission of breaking down language barriers in critical healthcare conversations.

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Tomer Baum

Tomer Baum

Chief Technology Officer

Technology visionary with proven success building and leading teams that developed breakthrough voice AI solutions deployed by industry leaders like Verint, LogMeIn & Aircall. At No Barrier, Tomer drives the technical innovation making real-time medical interpretation possible.

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Dr. Jeffrey Chen, MD

Dr. Jeffrey Chen, MD

Head of Medical Affairs

Emergency Physician at Mills-Peninsula with distinguished training at Harvard, UCSF, and Princeton, Dr. Chen guides No Barrier's clinical strategy to ensure our technology delivers meaningful health equity improvements for limited English
proficiency patients.

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Clinical Advisory Board

Dr. Ilan Shapiro

Dr. Ilan Shapiro

Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer at AltaMed Health Services, Dr. Shapiro is a distinguished healthcare leader and passionate advocate for Latino communities across Los Angeles and California. His expertise in culturally competent care guides No Barrier's approach to AI-powered medical interpretation.

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Dr. Stephen Hayden

Dr. Aurelio Muzaurieta

Emergency Medicine Resident at Stanford pioneering technology for multilingual healthcare. Fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Mandarin Chinese from his Harvard education, Aurelio combines clinical expertise with entrepreneurial vision from his MD/MBA. His research across Brazil, China, and the US brings invaluable perspective to No Barrier's mission of breaking language barriers in critical care settings.

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Investors

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Technology Partners

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Industry Recognition

Trusted by the organizations defining healthcare and language technology.

Slator 50 under 50

Language AI 2025
"No Barrier is among the Language AI 50 under 50. Fifty of the most innovative and fast-growing language AI companies founded in the last 50 months."

Dr. Jeffrey Chen

Featured in HIMSS
"How do we solve language barriers and provider burnout at the same time? Dr. Jeffrey Chen explains why the answer is a win for patients, clinicians, and institutions alike."

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Accelerator 2026
"No Barrier has been selected for the 2026 Accelerator Cohort to drive innovation in community health centers."

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