# Olive

> Olive was a Columbus-based healthcare automation company that sold AI and robotic process automation to hospitals, health systems and insurers. Founded as CrossChx in 2012, it reached a $4 billion valuation in 2021, then sold its core business units and announced its wind-down in October 2023.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Columbus, United States
- **Founders:** Sean Lane (Co-founder and CEO), Brad Mascho (Co-founder and former president)
- **Products:** SafeChx, Queue, Olive AI workforce, Olive Helps, Loop Development Kit
- **Notable:** Reached a $4 billion financing valuation in July 2021., Reported deployment at more than 900 hospitals across over 40 US states in July 2021., Released a public JavaScript/TypeScript development toolkit for Olive Helps.

## Products & services

- **SafeChx** — Historical CrossChx patient identity-resolution software; offered free to hospitals in the Queue launch announcement.
- **Queue** — Historical patient registration kiosk with identity resolution and waiting-room displays; advertised from $299 per month per kiosk.
- **Olive AI workforce** — Healthcare-specific automation for repetitive administrative workflows, including insurance verification and prior authorization. First deployed in 2017.
- **Olive Helps** — Desktop assistance platform distributed for Windows and macOS, with developer-built applications called Loops. Historical offering.
- **Loop Development Kit** — JavaScript/TypeScript toolkit for creating Loops for Olive Helps; public repository remains available.
- **Olive Assures** — Historical offering intended to accelerate provider payments.
- **Autonomous Revenue Cycle** — Revenue-cycle automation suite launched in 2022; clearinghouse and patient access assets later sold to Waystar.

## Achievements

- Reached a $4 billion financing valuation in July 2021.
- Reported deployment at more than 900 hospitals across over 40 US states in July 2021.
- Released a public JavaScript/TypeScript development toolkit for Olive Helps.
- Established named collaborations with AWS and GuideWell.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Waystar’s 2024 Form 10-K disclosed $10 million total consideration for certain Olive clearinghouse and patient access assets acquired on October 31, 2023.
- **2023-10** — Olive announced sales of clearinghouse and patient access units to Waystar and its prior authorization business to Humata Health, followed by wind-down of the remaining business.
- **2023-04** — Availity announced an agreement to acquire Olive’s utilization management solution and business unit, including contracts and key personnel.

## Links

- Website: https://www.oliveai.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oliveai/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/oliveai__
- GitHub: https://github.com/open-olive

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Last updated: 2026-10-21