Anna Wyndham

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Head of Research at Slator

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Language I/O Raises USD 5M, Teases Multilingual AI Agent Assistant

Jul 25, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

On July 24, 2024, US-based Language I/O announced USD 5m in fundraising in a series A2 round led by Gutbrain Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Boston. With participation from several new venture firms, the funding comes less than a year after Language I/O raised USD 8m in a Series A1 round and brings total funding to date to USD 25m. The company, which localizes customer interactions using AI, saw strong growth in the first half of 2024.
Cybersecurity Incidents Impact One in Seven Language Service Providers

Jul 22, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

A major IT outage on July 19, 2024, highlighted the cybersecurity measures that global companies employ to guard against cyber incidents. The outage was not the result of a cyberattack. Rather, it stemmed from a routine software update by a major US cybersecurity company that conflicted with Microsoft operating systems, leading to widespread disruption. Cybersecurity is an increasingly important topic in the language industry.
How to Build a Startup in Real-Time AI Speech Translation

Jun 17, 2024 | slator.com | Slator Con |Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

Can AI solve real human problems? This is a question that Karolina Sjöberg, Co-founder and CEO of Mabel AI, and Snow Huo, Co-founder and CEO of Byrdhouse AI, have tackled head-on. Both CEOs founded real-time AI speech translation startups in 2022. Sjöberg, a doctor by training, gained firsthand experience of the impact that language barriers can have in medical settings. She saw a pressing need for an app that translates medical conversations. Huo was also motivated to solve her own problems first.
Apple Offers Developers New Translation API When ‘Localization Alone Isn’t Sufficient’

Jun 14, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

Apple has announced two new translation APIs at its annual World Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which ran from June 10 to June 14, 2024. While consumers were the audience for the newly unveiled Apple watch translation gadget, this API announcement is firmly targeted at app developers who wish to reach a wider user base.
AI Pioneer Says ‘Agentic Machine Translation’ Has ‘Huge Potential’

Jun 12, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

An early software prototype for AI agentic translation was released on 11 June 2024 by a leading AI researcher. The experiment was a “fun weekend project” for Andrew Ng, who released the results as an open-source demo. Now Andrew Ng is not just another AI researcher. Ng is a co-founder of Coursera, the founder of DeepLearning.AI, and the Managing General Partner of AI Fund. He’s also a co-founder of Google Brain alongside fellow AI luminary Jeff Dean.
10 Large Language Models That Matter to the Language Industry 10 Large Language Models That Matter to the Language Industry

Jun 6, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

The landscape of large language models (LLMs) is changing fast. The pace of releases is accelerating, along with performance and capability advances. Models are becoming more multimodal, and covering a wider range of languages. The Slator 2024 Language Industry Market Report examines how quickly LLMs are changing and considers the implications for language industry players that build applications on top of these “base” models.
Language Service Providers Are Moving into Multilingual AI Text Generation

Jun 3, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

Nearly 25% of language service providers now offer AI content generation as a service. This is from an April 2024 Slator survey, conducted for the 2024 Slator Language Industry Market Report. The survey, which elicited responses from 129 language service providers (LSPs) ranging from Boutiques to Super Agencies, asked respondents to indicate the AI language services that the company currently offers.
10 Ways Translators are Using AI in 2024

May 30, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

In the last 18 months, large language models (LLMs) have fueled a raft of startups and been rapidly injected into language technology platforms. But how have professional linguists responded to this pivotal moment in AI? A survey of more than 750 translators — conducted in April 2024 for the 2024 Slator Language Industry Market Report — found that AI adoption by professional linguists is now widespread. Two-thirds of translators have used AI in their translation work in the past 12 months.
How Many Language Service Providers Use Large Language Models in Workflows? How Many Language Service Providers Use Large Language Models in Workflows?

May 29, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

Are language service providers (LSPs) seizing the benefits offered by generative AI and large language models? An April 2024 Slator study has found that the answer is a resounding “yes”. The survey of AI adoption across 223 companies found that one in three LSPs have implemented large language models into their workflows. Furthermore, close to 20% of companies have now tested use cases or beta versions.
2024 Slator Language AI 50 Under 50

Mar 6, 2024 | slator.com | Anna Wyndham |Anna Head

The landscape of language services and technology is transforming at a rapid pace. With AI, it is now possible to generate, convert, and customize speech and text — at scale and at speed. The last year has seen language services and technology providers move quickly to harness and extract value from AI. In parallel, a new cohort of AI-enabled startups is continuing to grow.