How Mature is AI Interpreting? – slator.com
Findings from the 2025 Slator Language Services Provider Index (LSPI) reveal a stark divergence in fortunes within the language industry: While text translation providers grappled with a challenging 2024, those specializing in interpreting services experienced growth. Companies like AMN Language Services, LanguageLine, Cyracom, GLOBO, and Equiti reported significant revenue growth, between 11% and 30%. They […]
Software Localization Startup Lingo.dev Raises USD 4.2M Seed Round – slator.com
Y Combinator, the accelerator known for helping some of the most innovative startups get off the ground, has recently backed a newcomer to the localization world. Lingo.dev raised USD 4.2m in a December 2024 seed round led by Initialized Capital, with participation from Y Combinator and a number of angels. A February 18, 2025, TechCrunch […]
Will Podcasts Become the Key Use Case for AI Dubbing? – slator.com
A couple of studies evaluating scientific research (found here and here) published in 2024 concluded that many challenges remain in AI speech translation, such as shortcomings in nuance, prosody, and latency; lack of a single, comprehensive evaluation metric; and a scarcity of annotated training data. But a lot of progress has been made, and AI […]