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Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with DeepL becoming the first third-party translation app users can set as default on the iPhone, a position gained by navigating Apple's developer requirements that others like Google Translate have yet to meet.Florian and Esther examine RWS's mid-year trading update, which triggered a steep 40% share price drop despite stable revenue, healthy profits, and manageable debt.On the partnerships front, the duo covers multiple collaborations: Acclaro and Phrase co-funded a new Solutions Architect role, Unbabel entered a strategic partnership with Acclaro, and Phrase partnered with Clearly Local in Shanghai. Also, KUDO expanded its network with new partners, while Deepdub was featured in an AWS case study for its work with Paramount. Wistia partnered with HeyGen to launch translation and AI-dubbing features and Synthesia joined forces with DeepL, further cementing the trend of avatar-based multilingual video content.In Esther's M&A corner, MotionPoint acquired GetGloby to enhance multilingual marketing capabilities, while OXO and Powerling merged to form a transatlantic LSP leader. TransPerfect deepened its media footprint with two studio acquisitions from Technicolor, and Magna Legal Services continued its acquisition spree with Basye Santiago Reporting.Meanwhile, in funding, Linguana, an AI dubbing startup targeted at YouTube creators, raised USD 8.5m, and pyannoteAI secured EUR 8m to enhance multilingual voice tech using speaker diarization. The episode concluded with speculation about DeepL's rumored IPO, which could have broader implications for capital markets.

He dives into the evolving world of content creation, predicting the rise of tools that will seamlessly translate content across multiple languages. As businesses and creators go global, this innovation will unlock new possibilities for reaching diverse audiences and breaking language barriers.  Read more here

Dans ce nouvel épisode, la CBC sort une étude qui dévoile les protections privilégiées par les belges. Le PEB a un impact sur la valeur d'une maison et d'un prêt hypothécaire mais bientôt pour la survie de la location d'un bien. Tartine et Botheram sort son guide des boulangeries au levain en Wallonie et prône un soutien au secteur. En bourse, Érik Joly analyse la situation économique des Pays-Bas. Christophe Charlot répond aux propos du patron d'Unbabel, une entreprise qui développe des outils de traduction, selon qui l'intelligence artificielle dépasserait l'être humain dans les trois ans.

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with Slator's latest Translation as a Feature (TaaF) Report, which explores how AI translation is becoming an integral feature in enterprise technology.Florian talks about Reddit's success with machine translation (MT). By localizing content into French, the social media platform quadrupled daily active users in France, demonstrating the high ROI of investing millions in AI-driven localization each quarter.In an M&A corner, Esther discusses Wolfestone's acquisition of TauRho Transcribes, beefing up Wolfestone's offerings in transcription and life sciences. She also covers TransPerfect's fourth acquisition of 2024 with Plint selling its Netherlands-based media localization studio to the Super Agency.Esther highlights Panjaya.ai's USD 9.5m funding for BodyTalk, which perfects multilingual AI translation by synchronizing lip movements and gestures. Meanwhile, Neuphonic, a UK-based voice AI startup focused on ultra-low latency speech technology, has raised GBP 3m in pre-seed funding.Florian reviews major AI launches: Translated's Lara, a customizable large-scale AI-powered translation model, DeepL's "DeepL Voice", offering real-time speech-to-text capabilities, and Unbabel's Widn.AI, a platform offering advanced MT customization.

Unbabel has launched Widn.AI, an AI-driven translation service powered by their proprietary large language model, Tower, which aims to reduce the need for human translators within three years. This innovation marks a shift from Unbabel's previous hybrid approach and highlights the growing competition and advancements in AI translation technologies, while also raising questions about the future role of human translators and the preservation of cultural nuances.

The U.S. directive for TSMC to halt advanced chip shipments to Chinese customers has sparked concerns from China, highlighting the intricate interplay between global trade regulations, geopolitical tensions, and the semiconductor industry's crucial role. Ai Palette, a Singapore-based startup, leverages AI to transform market research by analyzing vast data points to predict consumer trends, enabling major brands like Kellogg and Pringles to develop products that align with current preferences. Open AI has introduced a detailed plan to accelerate AI development in the U.S., proposing AI economic zones, leveraging nuclear expertise, and forming a North American AI alliance to compete with China. As AI demand surges, the primary obstacle for successful deployment lies in data readiness, with organizations struggling with data quality, integration, governance, accessibility, and scalability. Denmark has launched a comprehensive framework to guide the use of generative AI within the EU, supported by major industry players like Microsoft, aiming to align with the new EU AI Act and ensure secure, reliable services. GreenBox Systems is investing $144 million to build an advanced automated warehouse in Butts County, Georgia, which will create around 500 jobs and significantly impact the local economy and logistics industry. Unbabel has launched Widn.AI, an AI-driven translation service powered by their proprietary large language model, Tower, which aims to reduce the need for human translators within three years. Japan has launched an ambitious plan to revitalize its semiconductor and AI industries with a $65 billion investment, aiming to triple domestic chip sales and attract significant public and private investment by 2030. AMD is laying off 4% of its global workforce to reallocate resources towards the rapidly growing AI chip market, aiming to challenge Nvidia's dominance with new AI accelerators and strategic partnerships.

João Graça, Co-founder and CTO of language operations platform Unbabel, joins SlatorPod to talk about the present and future of large language models (LLMs) and their broad impact across all things translation and localization.First, the CTO explains how Unbabel was founded to address language barriers for people using services like Airbnb, combining MT with human validation to improve translation quality.João believes that LLMs are quickly replacing neural MT models as much more R&D is going into LLMs vs NMT. He highlights that LLMs can handle more complex tasks like automatic post-editing, source correction, and cultural adaptation, which were previously difficult to achieve with traditional models.He also tells the backstory of the company's decision to develop TowerLLM. João shares how Unbabel's approach involves using open-source LLMs, fine-tuning them with multilingual data, and applying techniques like retrieval-augmented generation to improve translation quality in production settings.Despite the advancements, João acknowledges that human intervention is still necessary for high-stakes translation tasks.The podcast concludes with the hiring environment for AI talent and the future directions for LLM development, with João expressing optimism about the continued progress and potential of these models.

Mais um episódio de Shutdown, o vosso podcast de negócios e tecnologia em português Subscrevam, deixem uma review e partilhem Doações: ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/shutdownpodcast Newsletter: https://shutdown.substack.com Links: Euro: https://www.sportspromedia.com/insights/analysis/euro-2024-commercial-preview-broadcasters-sponsors-stadiums-revenue/ Elon Musk: https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-rules-favor-plaintiffs-challenging-musks-tesla-pay-package-2024-01-30/ BeReal: https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/15/deal-dive-bereal-got-its-best-case-scenario-exit/ Unbabel: https://thenextbigidea.pt/paciente-com-ela-volta-a-falar-com-a-voz-que-perdeu-numa-cimeira-das-nacoes-unidas-e-com-ajuda-de-tecnologia-portuguesa/ Inside out 2: https://pt.ign.com/inside-out-2/138530/news/inside-out-2-faturou-quase-300-milhoes-de-dolares-na-estreia Papa e G7: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/14/why-the-pope-has-the-ears-of-g7-leaders-on-the-ethics-of-ai Lei de Betz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betz%27s_law

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, giving a recap of SlatorCon London and exploring some use cases from the Slator Pro Guide: Language AI for Consumers.Florian talks about Andrew Ng's recent project on agentic machine translation, which involves using large language models (LLMs) to create a virtual language service provider (LSP).The duo touch on Apple's recent Worldwide Developer Conference, where Apple Watch is set to get a translation widget and also recently announced a new translation API.Florian shares RWS's half-year financial results, where despite declines in revenue, the company's stock rose by 20%, likely due to investor perception of AI-enabled services and new product offerings like Evolve and HAI gaining traction.Esther talks about DeepL's USD 300m funding round, which valued the company at USD 2bn, a testament to the growing interest in AI models. She also covers Unbabel's launch of TowerLLM, which claims to outperform competitors like Google Translate and DeepL.In Esther's M&A corner, Keywords Studios eyes a GBP 2.2bn deal from Swedish private equity firm EQT, Melbourne LSP Ethnolink buys Sydney-based competitor Language Professionals, and ZOO Digital acquires Italian dubbing partner LogoSound.Esther gives a nod to the positive financial performances of companies like ZOO Digital and AMN's language services division, with more mixed results for Straker.

Join our Rapid Fire Round on the Marketer of the Month Podcast where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more face a barrage of quick-witted questions. Explore the authentic, human dimension of leadership as these bold speakers share vulnerable insights and invaluable business wisdom.  So, relax, hit play, and unravel the personalities behind the influential titles.

Paulo Dimas é o convidado de Conversas com CEO.O vice-presidente para a inovação de produto da Unbabel defende que o discurso catastrofista, sobre as ameaças da Inteligência Artificial para a espécie humana, distrai-nos de atacar os seus riscos reais, nomeadamente para a democracia, e também nos desvia de a usar para salvar a nossa espécie. Paulo Dimas fala da origem da IA, do futuro de profissões ligadas ao direito ou à medicina, passando pela importância da emoção e empatia.

Join us on the Marketer of the Month Podcast for our Rapid Fire Round, where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more confront a barrage of quick-witted questions. Discover the genuine, human side of leadership as these fearless speakers share vulnerable thoughts and priceless business expertise. So sit back, press play, and discover the people behind the iconic titles.

Itxaso del Palacio is a General Partner at Notion Capital. Since moving to London in 2010, Itxaso has been an entrepreneur, investor and educator. Having invested in more than a dozen businesses and taught entrepreneurship to around 2,000 students at UCL and Imperial. Itxaso has a passion for helping entrepreneurs build their businesses, supporting them with her network, knowledge and positive attitude. Itxaso joined Notion in 2018 from M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) where she launched their UK office and led investments in Onfido, Beamery and Unbabel, a company we are also investors in.

Fire Round on the Marketer of the Month Podcast where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more face a barrage of quick-witted questions. Explore the authentic, human dimension of leadership as these bold speakers share vulnerable insights and invaluable business wisdom.  So, relax, hit play, and unravel the personalities behind the influential titles.

Join us on the Marketer of the Month Podcast for our Rapid Fire Round, where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more confront a barrage of quick-witted questions. Discover the genuine, human side of leadership as these fearless speakers share vulnerable thoughts and priceless business expertise. So sit back, press play, and discover the people behind the iconic titles.

Vasco Pedro, Co-founder and CEO of language operations platform Unbabel, joins SlatorPod to talk about the transformative year of 2023 and its impact on the language technology landscape.Vasco discusses the AI boom in 2023, emphasizing the importance of recognizing AI as what he calls a cognitive prosthetic rather than a human replacement. He highlights the need for a new pricing model in translation and localization that accommodates AI solutions and allows for transparency, predictability, and agency for LangOps professionals.Touching on multilingual content generation, Vasco believes that while AI is making content creation easier, there is still a gap in quality between content creation and translation.Vasco emphasizes the importance of owning the entire value chain and reducing the complexity of translation processes to provide efficient solutions. He touches on some of Unbabel's features, including UnbabelMT for comparing machine translation options.The CEO outlines Unbabel's strategic acquisitions of EVS and Bablic, with the goal of expanding into new markets, acquiring clients, and integrating Unbabel's technology effectively.Vasco talks about taking part in the AI consortium in Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan, and how Unbabel is involved in projects such as Project Halo, which aims to develop a brain-to-computer interface for text-based communication with practical implications for conditions like ALS.When looking towards the future, Vasco emphasizes the importance of focusing on growth and continually improving the product's quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness.

Join our Rapid Fire Round on the Marketer of the Month Podcast where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more face a barrage of quick-witted questions. Explore the authentic, human dimension of leadership as these bold speakers share vulnerable insights and invaluable business wisdom.  So, relax, hit play, and unravel the personalities behind the influential titles.

Join us on the Marketer of the Month Podcast for our Rapid Fire Round, where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more confront a barrage of quick-witted questions. Discover the genuine, human side of leadership as these fearless speakers share vulnerable thoughts and priceless business expertise. So sit back, press play, and discover the people behind the iconic titles.

Join our Rapid Fire Round on the Marketer of the Month Podcast where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more face a barrage of quick-witted questions. Explore the authentic, human dimension of leadership as these bold speakers share vulnerable insights and invaluable business wisdom.  So, relax, hit play, and unravel the personalities behind the influential titles.

Join us on the Marketer of the Month Podcast for our Rapid Fire Round, where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more confront a barrage of quick-witted questions. Discover the genuine, human side of leadership as these fearless speakers share vulnerable thoughts and priceless business expertise. So sit back, press play, and discover the people behind the iconic titles

Vasco Pedro, co-founder and CEO of Unbabel, heads an AI-powered platform for language operations, aiding businesses in offering extensive multilingual support worldwide. He also leads recruitment and fundraising, striving to break language barriers by combining machine translation with human editing. On The Menu: 1. Language translation's future impact on expanding global businesses. 2. The abundance of information preserves multiple languages. 3. The underappreciated complexity of language translation. 4. AI translation's position amidst diverse AI innovations. 5. The platform's current Asian usage and growing translation market. 6. Japan's strategic selection due to tech appreciation and language focus.

Join our Rapid Fire Round on the Marketer of the Month Podcast where luminaries from Time, Intercom, SoundCloud, Unbabel, and more face a barrage of quick-witted questions. Explore the authentic, human dimension of leadership as these bold speakers share vulnerable insights and invaluable business wisdom.  So, relax, hit play, and unravel the personalities behind the influential titles.

A inovação tecnológica tem permitido aperfeiçoar a manipulação de imagens, vídeos e sons. As falsificações são cada vez mais perfeitas e irreconhecíveis, tornando a propagação de informação falsa um crescente problema do mundo digital. Como travar este fenómeno? Que impactos tem no jornalismo? Neste Da Capa à Contracapa, a desinformação vai a debate num programa gravado ao vivo na Web Summit e em que foram convidados para o debate Paulo Dimas, Vice-Presidente para a Inovação de Produtos da UNBABEL e Ricardo Costa, Director Geral de Informação do Grupo Impresa. Oiça o novo episódio do Da Capa à Contracapa, uma parceria da Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos e da Renascença. Pode ouvir às terças-feiras depois das 23h00 na edição da noite ou sempre que quiser em podcast.

Dive into the inaugural episode of "AI Fire Hose" with hosts Ash Bennington and Mikhail Voloshin. This podcast sets the stage for a captivating exploration of the state and potential of artificial intelligence. With the combined expertise of journalist Ash and AI maven Mikhail, this episode promises to provide a nuanced conversation on AI's current landscape and its trajectory for the coming decade. From breakthroughs in deep learning to the real-world integration of AI tools, our hosts dissect the most recent developments and speculate on the ripple effects across industries, economies, and societies. This deep dive is not just about the technology but also its ethical, economic, and societal implications. Whether you're an AI aficionado, a tech professional, or just curious about the innovations defining our times, this episode is your gateway to understanding the force that is AI. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Intro to "AI Fire Hose" (00:30) Ash & Mikhail's backgrounds (01:33) Guest: Mikhail's cat (02:10) Mention of "Dopamine" novel (02:40) Podcast's origin story (03:02) AI: hype vs reality (03:59) Brain-computer interfaces intro (04:34) Unbabel device spotlight (05:11) Understanding EMG (06:48) How Unbabel device works (08:02) Predictive algo & LLM (08:59) Hawking & ALS tech (10:12) Unbabel's future (10:49) Another brain-tech intro (11:20) UCSF research & patient (11:56) Brain signals for speech (12:28) AI & sci-fi movie refs (13:03) AI's role in speech synthesis (13:36) Tech's impact on speech issues (14:10) OpenAI & tech market topic (14:41) OpenAI's 2022 losses (15:12) OpenAI's AGI mission (15:49) OpenAI's expenses (16:27) OpenAI's revenue streams (16:58) OpenAI's hiring & salaries (17:35) Machine learning market trends (18:11) OpenAI infrastructure costs (18:45) NVIDIA in tech market (19:22) Neural network deep dive (19:55) Why "neural network"? (21:08) Evolution of neural nets (21:38) AI & copyright in arts (22:10) AI content's copyright status (22:42) AI & human content collab (24:17) Spell checks & copyrights (24:45) Grammarly & AI copyrights (25:12) Article source & bias (25:38) Legalities & tech advances (26:18) AI in coding & CodeLama (27:23) GPT history & code gen (29:06) Naming tech tools (30:10) AI in Dev Environments (30:48) Advice to young engineers (33:02) End discussion insights (33:28) Tech market vs hype (35:07) Show's closing remarks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, covering key takeaways from SlatorCon Remote such as lip sync AI dubbing demos from NeuralGarage and how FIFA and DeepL tackle sports localization. After unveiling its first-half results for 2023, RWS CEO Ian El-Mokadem emphasized the advantages of utilizing AI and large language models (LLMs) to enhance existing products. In M&A, Unbabel has completed its second acquisition of 2023 by acquiring Bablic, to expand its website and marketing localization solutions.AI video generation platform, Synthesia, has secured USD 90m in funding at a billion-dollar valuation for its multilingual avatars. One other unicorn, Cohere, has raised USD 270m in a Series C funding round, bringing the total raised amount to USD 445m. The duo do a SWOT analysis of what LLM capabilities mean for the language industry, specifically for LSPs, TMS providers, machine translation providers, and linguists. 

Hoje, recebemos uma convidada que já é familiar à comunidade bitalk e que voltou para pisar o palco do Bitalk Summit. Ela já esteve conosco no Bitalk #91, onde discutimos o empreendedorismo feminino em Portugal e volta para partilhar a sua história convosco. Rita Vilas Boas é uma mulher empreendedora multifacetada. Estudou Microbiologia e mudou-se para a Dinamarca para fazer investigação, onde percebeu que não era num laboratório que queria ficar. Atualmente, é investidora em vários negócios, como a KENCKO, que oferece uma forma melhor de consumir vegetais e frutas, a ANDY LIVING, que oferece a experiência universitária perfeita e a PHUNK, a primeira bebida hard seltzer portuguesa. Além disso, também é co-fundadora da Iberian Gourmet e LP Fundadora da Shilling, uma empresa de investimento em startups, como Uniplaces, Unbabel, Bizai, Casafari, e Barkyn. Em 2017, Rita também foi uma das criadoras do partido Iniciativa Liberal, acreditando que é preciso uma nova revolução de cidadania responsável para acabar com o Paradoxo de Lampedusa no país. Aos que faltaram, perderam a oportunidade de ter um NFT da Bitalk Summit Founders Edition! Os primeiros NFTs do Bitalk Summit foram criados em parceria com a equipa da Crowdclass, que se revelou incrivelmente dedicada e profissional ao longo de todo o processo para garantir que iriamos ter um recompensa para os nossos early adopters. Fred Antunes 7 Fev | 23h | Canal Q 8 Fev | 12h | Youtube e Plataformas de áudio Uma produção GAFFVisuals https://gaffvisuals.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitalk/message

José and Ricardo joined Daniel at EMNLP 2022 to discuss state-of-the-art machine translation, the WMT shared tasks, and quality estimation. Among other things, they talk about Unbabel's innovations in quality estimation including COMET, a neural framework for training multilingual machine translation (MT) evaluation models.

José and Ricardo joined Daniel at EMNLP 2022 to discuss state-of-the-art machine translation, the WMT shared tasks, and quality estimation. Among other things, they talk about Unbabel's innovations in quality estimation including COMET, a neural framework for training multilingual machine translation (MT) evaluation models.

For companies seeking to scale globally, overcoming language barriers in foreign markets can be a major challenge. Unbabel is an AI-powered platform that combines machine and human translation to help businesses provide localized, multilingual customer experiences around the world. On this episode, Unbabel's Co-founder and CEO Vasco Pedro reveals how his lifelong passion for language led to the company's formation, and why AI technology is transforming the way we communicate across cultures.Tune in to learn:About Unbabel and LangOps (1:06)The origin of Vasco's fascination with language (15:30)The early breakthroughs at Unbabel (22:48)AI translation's impact on globalization (31:48)Mentions:AlphaGo - DeepMind“Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies” (book by Jared Diamond)IT Visionaries is brought to you by Salesforce. With Salesforce's low-code app dev tools, you can be more efficient, more productive and save money by reducing development time by up to 90%. Get Salesforce's Low-Code Playbook and increase time to value for your team and your customers. Download the free playbook today.Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org.

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Marcelo Lebre, the COO and co-founder of Remote.com!Marcelo was previously VP of Engineering at Unbabel and has held several CTO positions. He frequently speaks at events about leadership and managing remote teams and is a startup advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs.Marcelo is a passionate engineer, proud dad, and sci-fi nerd who loves building products and scaling architectures to bring people together to build extraordinary things.For those not yet familiar with Remote, Marcelo co-founded Remote in 2019 along with CEO Job van der Voort to simplify how companies employ global talent by opening up the world of work for every person, business, and country. Recently, in 2021 following a 150 million dollar funding rounds, the business was valued at over $1 billion. The business continues to evolve, and one of these evolutions has seen Remote take care of global payroll, benefits, compliance, and taxes. Remote.com continue to help and support companies so they can focus on their most important asset, their people.In this “The Future of Remote Global Payroll” episode with Marcelo Lebre on The Payroll Podcast, we also explore the following:What does the word payroll mean to you?What is global payroll, and what does it include?What are some of the most pressing issues that multinational organizations face regarding global payroll operations?Global payroll involves much more than processing employee payments; it is now considered an essential strategic asset rather than an administrative one. Why is this, and what do you think caused this appreciation change?What was the gap in the global payroll market that you identified that led you to launch Remote?The recent Series C funding round raised $300 million. Is this a signal of intent that proves the importance of payroll?Why may companies unfamiliar with global payroll struggle to recognize the many challenges of compliance, taxation, and other obstacles that payroll solutions can solve?Remote undertook a Global Workforce Revolution Report. Can you tell us more about the report and its findings?What is a partner-dependent global payroll service?What is an owned-entity global payroll service?What are the best practices for global payroll that [ayroll professionals need to consider?What does the future of payroll look like? Links highlighted in this “The Future of Remote Global Payroll” episode are included below:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelolebre/Website: https://remote.com/The overall partnership program: https://remote.com/partnersRemote for Good: https://remote.com/socialpurposeRemote for...

Mais um Unicórnio em que se fala Português! Esta semana recebemos Marcelo Lebre COO e Co-Founder da REMOTE uma empresa focada na contratação a nível global e a missão é abrir o mercado de trabalho a todas as pessoas, países e negócios. A solução atual permite às pessoas “criarem uma entidade para poderem faturar a empresas e passarem a ser vistas à lei local como trabalhadores com benefícios normais de um funcionário e com proteção social” “As oportunidades não estão em todos os lados, mas o talento está” Marcelo antes de fundar o 5º unicórnio português em 2021 (um título que pouco lhe importa) - começou como Software Developer até chegar a VP of Engineering da Unbabel onde percebeu que contratar talento em Portugal era escasso e que a nível global era quase impossível. Um Problema que surgiu em conversa com o seu co-fundador Job Van der Boort, que trabalhava na GitLab. Em Janeiro de 2019 , após a compra do domínio, que segundo o Marcelo custou-lhe "um rim" surge a REMOTE.COM E qual será o futuro do trabalho? Segundo o Marcelo,“O futuro do trabalho não é apenas o teletrabalho, mas o facto de se poder ter acesso a todo um mercado de trabalho global. Com isto, as pessoas podem trabalhar para alcançar os seus sonhos e não abdicar dos seus sonhos para poder trabalhar” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bitalk/message

Vasco Pedro is no stranger to startups! In 2016 he won the Startup Founder of Year award by Startup Portugal, and has mentored several startups both at the Founders Institute and the Lisbon Challenge. Currently he is the Co-founder and CEO at Unbabel.

Season 1 featured our first 50 episodes, 20 of which were guest episodes. In today's episode we're going to recap our key takeaways from each guest episode in season 1.Our first guest episode featured Lauren Sanborn, Director of RevOps at CallRail. She recently moved over to DataRobot, an AI cloud platform for Data Scientists.  Aside from leaving us with several marketing and sales alignment tips, my favorite takeaway from Lauren was to not be so hard on yourself if you don't know what you don't want to do (for work). Her advice was to get out there and try different things so you can start to mark off what you don't like. Eventually you'll find something that you love.”Our next guest in episode 07 featured one of our most senior and perhaps most accomplished guest, Brian Leonard, former co-founder of TaskRabbit and now CEO of Grouparoo (recently acquired by Airbyte).Brian went pretty deep on the relationship with marketing and engineering and my favorite takeaway was that marketers and engineers shouldn't think of themselves as doing completely different things inside a company. At the end of the day, both groups are there to move the needle on the business. So the best way to think of it is to come together to power the right stack.Instead of pitching to product, marketing needs this, pitch it as, the company needs this and this is how it will benefit everyone. For example, marketing attribution isn't a marketing or a marketing ops thing. It's a company thing.Next up was our boy Nick Donaldson in episode 10, fresh off a new consulting gig at Perkuto. Another marketer who's moved on to another company, he's now running Marketing Operations at Knak. Nick is wise beyond his years and my favorite takeaway from our chat with him was that the number 1 skill to succeed in marketing ops is curiosity. Early in your career Google and twitter are your best friends. There's so many smart people that have been in your shoes and are nice enough to share those insights. Find them. Read them. Learn from them.So 10 episodes in and we already had a RevOps Director, a CEO and founder and a consultant. We also had a Professor. In episode 11 we were joined by friend of the show Jonathan Simon.This might have been controversial amongst his peers at the University but we're happy to report he's still in his current gig (lol). My favorite takeaway from our chat with Jonathan is that you don't need a degree to have a successful and happy career in marketing anymore. More than anything, marketers need to be adaptable to changing tech and strive to be lifelong learners. He talked a lot about side hustles and starting something, in his course he actually gets all his students to start a blog and build something during their time there.Episode 17 featured Ottawa native Julie Beynon who leads analytics at Clearbit. Things got technical pretty fast but I think Julie did an awesome job introducing data warehousing and making it seem a lot less intimidating.My favorite takeaway was when she explained that a DWH doesn't have row limits and isn't limited by your laptop's CPU. She loves a Google sheet as much as any data driven marketer, but at some point, startups need to upgrade from that clunkiness to a data warehouse solution.It's been fun seeing the martech landscape shift from; APIs for everything and we integrate with all your tools to – we build on top of your data warehouse or we connect natively to Big Query.Keeping to the data theme, we had Steffen Heddebrandt in episode 19. Still almost a year later he's trashing Google Analytics on LinkedIn (lol). He's the co-founder of Dreamdata, an attribution solution for B2B startups and SMBs.Attribution still gets a bad rep, we heard Corey trash it in season 2, but Steffen has solved big pieces of this puzzle at his startup. My favorite takeaway from our convo was when he declared that when it comes to revenue attribution, GA is basically close to useless for B2B companies. Multi touch attribution software does sound like magic when you've tried to orchestrate it yourself, but give Dreamdata a spin if you're still skeptical about it.Episode 25 featured Naomi Liu, Director of Global Marketing Ops at EFI. Naomi spends some of her time mentoring future marketing ops leaders and was hiring for an entry level marketer on her team at the time so we centered our conversation around how to ace your first marketing job.My favorite takeaway was when Naomi said that new marketers should be asking lots of questions. Be that annoying kid in the back seat asking all of the questions.Episode 27 featured friend of the show and local Ottawa social media maven Erin Blaskie. She recently made the switch from leading marketing at Fellow to go back to freelancing as a fractional CMO.My favorite takeaway was when we asked her how marketers should choose between the freelance route and working in house. She thinks everyone should try both. Throw out everyone else's definition of success and make your own by trying different things. Big company, startup, agency, freelance, give them all a shot.In episode 37, we had another manager who was hiring on her team. Shannon McCluskey leads marketing ops at Clio and my favorite takeaway was when she described the role of marketing ops.We are not order takers, we're active consultants designing our own destiny. Sometimes we need to evaluate solutions our partners haven't thought of. We don't always say yes to every request we're given.Episode 39 featured co founder and CEO of Kank Peirce Ujainwalla. A well known face in the martech scene, we asked him to weigh in on the html vs text debate for emails.He said it's important to do a mix of both. Text emails have that personal feel, but HTML is still super important for all your visual users and telling your brand story.Episode 41 featured another local Ottawa and social media expert and now head of marketing at Fellow – Manuela Barcenas. She's also a productivity nut and my favorite takeaway was when she said that her biggest productivity superpower is knowing what to work on when you open your laptop in the morning. Time blocking and planning your week ahead of time by scheduling tasks and deep focus blocks.In episode 44, friend of the show Roxanne Pepin from Rewind chatted with us about her role in Technology operations. Like Shannon she had hot thoughts about the role of marketing and tech ops.She said that while everything is doable, it doesn't mean you should do it. Question the importance of your requests. Let them stew for a couple of days just to determine if it's really as important now as it was two days ago.Another Ottawa local favorite, episode 46 featured Danica Bateman who was marketing automation manager at Net2phone at the time and has recently joined Unbabel, a translation service company.She said marketing automation was the perfect bridge between marketing and sales. Get customer insights from your sales team and put that into your funnel to build an automation engine around customer empathy. Finally, episode 47 featured our last guest interview, Vladlena Mitskaniouk who heads up Marketing at Snyk. She sells a complicated product for developers but that doesn't scare her from learning her industry and the product.We asked her what marketers should start by doing when they join a new company. She said that if you don't know your product you won't be able to market it. Learn your product, it's the most important thing to do first. Then learn the people you work with and learn your customers.Be sure to catch season 2 guest episodes featuring big names in marketing including Corey Haines, Samar Owais, Mike King, Adriana Gil Miner, Dave Rigotti, and many more!

Itxaso Del Palacio, Partner of VC fund Notion Capital joins me on Tech Talks Daily. Notion is a European VC fund in the B2B SaaS and Cloud space with more than $700m in assets under management. Having made 80+ investments to date, the Notion team founded, built, and exited two highly successful SaaS businesses – Star and MessageLabs – and today invests exclusively in exceptional founders with the ambition to build global category leaders. The fund's investments include Go-Cardless, Paddle, Currencycloud, and Tradeshift. Notion is also the founding fund of Included VC, the venture capital fellowship for individuals from diverse and overlooked communities from around the world. But I wanted to learn more about Itxaso's unconventional journey to the VC world, which includes a decade of classical ballet, working on the assembly line at DaimlerChrysler, a Masters in Engineering, and, ultimately, a PhD in Entrepreneurship. Once she turned her hand fully to VC investing, since 2010, she moved to London and has invested in more than a dozen businesses in the last 12 years. She has also taught entrepreneurship to around 2,000 students at University College London and Imperial College. And before joining Notion, she spearheaded the European launch of Microsoft Ventures and led investments in Onfido, Beamery, and Unbabel. In the episode, we discuss why there is no one route to entering the VC industry and how product-led growth will be the key to the expansion, explosion, and even domination of European software companies globally. Itxaso also shares what traits she looks for in founders and what the best founders do to blow away investors beyond their entrepreneurial vision.

"This is a man's world" é mesmo só uma letra de uma música, porque a Rita Villas-Boas vem mostrar que o mundo é mesmo das mulheres fortes e guerreiras como ela! Se enumerássemos todas as voltas bonitas que vida da Rita já deu nos últimos tempos ficávamos aqui durante 3 semanas, e 3 episódios não chegariam. Por isso deixamos para vocês descobrirem neste episódio com ela! O seu percurso começa de uma forma muito diferente daquilo que se tornou, a Rita estudou Biotecnologia e foi para a Dinamarca viver e fazer investigação! Mas hoje em dia, a Rita depois de um longo percurso empresarial por diversos países é investidora e Advisor em diversos projetos (destacamos a KENCKO, ANDY LIVING, PHUNK, IGNAE). É ainda LP FOUNDER DA SHILLING (a primeira empresa a investir em tantas outras que já conhecemos tão bem, Uniplaces, Unbabel, Bizai, Casafari, Barkyn), e talvez muitos de vocês que conheçam a Rita não sabiam que em 2017 foi uma das criadoras do partido Iniciativa Liberal! Depois de uma passagem histórica pela Sogrape, de ter estado em empresas como a L'Óreal, ou mesmo a Procter & Gamble, percebeu que a sua verdadeira adrenalina está em correr riscos por isso é que se envolveu na China's Startup Scene e outros “riskier” businesses! Através do ecrã vão certamente sentir as energias boas e efusivas da Rita, que diz viver com o propósito de trazer boa energia e propósito às coisas, e de tudo o que nos ensinou, achamos que continua a ser um dos bocadinhos que mais gostamos nela! Aconselhamos vivamente a verem este episódio do início ao fim porque vão aprender muito, já sabem que além do nosso canal, podem procurar o nosso podcast nas plataformas audio e está ainda a passar no Canal Q. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bitalk/message

Language is the backbone for creating trust. What does that mean for global brands? In a world full of diverse dialects, we need to aim for inclusivity across services and products.In this episode, we hear from Vasco Pedro, Co-Founder & CEO at Unbabel, about how AI is blazing a path for more inclusive communication and bridging language gaps.Join us as we discuss:The role AI plays in communicationAI limitationsThe significance of language accessibilityBuilding trust through communication Itching for more CX goodness? You can find this interview and many more, by subscribing to CX Confessions on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or here.Listening on a desktop & can't see the links? Just search for CX Confessions in your favorite podcast player.

O mundo está em constante mudança, e nós como seres humanos também. As mudanças tecnológicas têm sido cada vez mais rápidas porque a tecnologia avança à velocidade da luz, de tal forma que por vezes dá algum receio sobre o nosso papel no mundo, ou de que forma é que o ser humano pode prevalecer num mundo onde a tecnologia ganha tanto destaque? Continuamos a falar de AI (Artificial Intelligence) mas agora de forma mais profunda, sobre a forma como impacta a nossa vida laboral, ou a forma como se poderá um dia especializar de forma a que cada um tenha AI adaptada a si, como indivíduo. Mas também sobre a outra face da moeda, sobre o facto de AI e Machine Learning elevados aos extremos retirarem alguns processos que eram especificamente humanos e feitos por nenhum outro individuo (Exemplo dado aqui sobre o Elon Musk e o Chip da Neurolink). Como é que será o futuro e esta dinâmica de tecnologia vs. Humanos? Este episódio dá-vos insights muito interessantes sobre isto. Além de que foi um privilégio termos tido o Vasco e a Unbabel no nosso podcast, mais conversas destas trazem mais valor ao vosso dia, e é isso que queremos. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bitalk/message

Como ainda não existem carros voadores, este episódio começa sem o nosso querido host José Serra. Mas pode ser que um dia a tecnologia desenvolva neste sentido e o José (e todos nós) possamos escapar de acidentes matinais, trânsito e possamos ir a voar para todo o lado. Quem sabe? Com uma pontualidade Inglesa, no que diz respeito a tempo e a temas sempre atuais, recebemos o Vaco Pedro, CEO e Founder da Unbabel. Mais uma daquelas conversas e convidados que nos enchem de orgulho porque sentimos que estamos realmente a levar a cabo a nossa missão de vos dar a conhecer novas e diversas perspetivas sobre o ecossistema empreendedor em Portugal. A Unbabel é uma empresa certamente conhecida por vocês porque está a curtos passos de se tornar um unicórnio e que se dedica a eliminar as barreiras que a língua cria entre as empresas e os seus clientes, através da combinação de inteligência artificial com edição e criatividade humanas, apesar de o Vasco ser da opinião que se "a Inteligência artificial fosse suficiente, todas as empresas usariam inteligência artificial!" Será que esta simbiose entre humanos e tecnologia terá sempre de acontecer ou o futuro converge para que a tecnologia prevaleça? De que forma é que vemos o futuro e a tecnologia? Queremos que seja um episódio em que se desafiam a pensar em tudo o que será o futuro com uma tecnologia que avança à velocidade da luz. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bitalk/message

In SlatorPod's 100th episode, Andrew Bredenkamp, CEO of CLEAR Tech, joins the Pod to talk about the evolution of CLEAR Global, formerly known as Translators without Borders (TWB).Andrew recalls his path to joining CLEAR Global, with leadership roles at content governance platform Acrolinx and TWB, and why he stepped in to drive the tech piece of the puzzle with CLEAR Tech. He also defines how CLEAR Tech works with TWB and CLEAR Insights, the research and data branch of the organization.The CEO talks about the use of multilingual chatbots for two-way interactions in marginalized languages, and their plan to train chatbots in code-switching. He also shares how they collaborate with both Big Tech and local talent to build tech for low-resource languages in South Asia, South and Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and elsewhere.The Pod rounds off with Andrew outlining the organization's current initiatives and what the language industry can do to support the group's humanitarian efforts, from donating to volunteering language expertise.First up, Florian and Esther discuss the past three weeks of language industry news, with a recap of the best and worst-performing listed LSPs of 2021.In M&A and Funding news, Florian covers Unbabel's surprising acquisition of Lingo24, which brings the AI agency deeper into conventional language services. Esther talks about machine translation startup Language I/O's latest USD 6.5m funding round.Starting 2022 off, New Zealand-based Straker Translations expanded into Europe with the acquisition of Brussels-based LSP IDEST. This week, GLOBO strengthened its healthcare offering as it secured growth investment from VSS Capital Partners.

Companies that do business in the native language of their customer build better customer relationships. Although this may seem fairly obvious, it's easier said than done.After all, when your customer base is spread around the world, how do you scale your customer service?Unbabel has built their business around the idea that customer service can be delivered in any language quickly and efficiently with the right blend of AI and human intelligence, creating a platform they call "Language Operations" or LangOps.Jonathan Sowler, VP of Engineering at Unbabel, joins Dev Interrupted to talk about machine learning, what it takes to build a product that seamlessly integrates AI and human-powered translations, and why the future of language involves emojis. Dan and Jonathan also rundown LinearB metrics and why Jonathan believes implementing LinearB has improved the health of Unbabel's engineering team.**With the holidays fast-approaching, the team here at LinearB will be going on a short break to unwind and spend time with our families. Coinciding with our short break, will be the end of season 1 of the podcast and the beginning of season 2. You'll hear from us one more time before the year is over - on Wednesday, December 29th. That episode will mark the end of season 1 of the podcast. Then we will return to our normal schedule on January, 8th 2022, with the start of season 2. We have some incredible guests lined up for season 2, so stay tuned! From our family here at LinearB to yours, happy holidays!**Unbabel's hiring: https://unbabel.com/careers/Join our Discord Community ►► discord.gg/devinterruptedOur Website ►► devinterrupted.com/Want to try LinearB?  Book a LinearB Demo and use the "Dev Interrupted Podcast" discount code.Have 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple Podcasts

Vasco Pedro "comprava bitcoin", mas mantinha a opção de despedimentos no início da pandemia de Covid-19. O líder da startup portuguesa Unbabel acaba de comprar um concorrente por "mais de um milhão." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vasco Pedro, CEO of Unbabel, joins SlatorPod to discuss the company's growth journey — from identifying the initial use case to raising USD 60m in Series C funding in 2019, and beyond.Vasco outlines Unbabel's translation pipeline and underlying technology. He describes the importance of the human-in-the-loop model and the ability humans have to impact the output of machine learning (ML) models.The CEO talks about the challenges of ‘going remote' overnight in response to Covid. Vasco says culture plays an important role in attracting top talent globally in the highly-competitive AI / ML space.Vasco also shares his experience with investors, such as Point72's Sri Chandrasekar, lead investor in Unbabel's Series C, who provide actionable insights on how to further scale the business.First up, Florian and Esther discuss the launch of the flagship Slator 2021 Language Industry Market Report. The duo share highlights from the 80-page, newly-released Market Report, which features a wealth of insights and data.They also tackle over a week's worth of M&A, as Florian unpacks Big Language Solutions' acquisition of US-based interpreting provider Language Link, and discusses the backstory to Big CEO Jeff Brink's “tenacity, honesty, and desire” in closing the deal.Esther talks about translation and interpreting provider Propio Language Services's acquisition of Vocalink — also in the US — while in Germany, she highlights GEtraNet's acquisition of Lingua-World. Florian closes by reviewing AI transcription agency Verbit's acquisition of captioning provider VITAC.

Vasco Pedro talks about growing up in Portugal, the lessons learned in military boarding school from the age of 10, his love of coding and building things, and how he was always pushing himself to do better and why team surfing trips, and mock battles are part of the Unbabel culture. We hear him being open about his mistakes and his view of Steve Jobs' concept of “reality distortion”. He talks about the ups and downs of being a YC company. We also get an insider's view of how the translation industry is being disrupted by the combination of tremendous cost reductions and speed enhancements that their AI technology brings to the market. The NBN Entrepreneurship and Leadership podcast aims to educate and entertain, sharing insights based on the personal story of our carefully selected guests aiming for the atmosphere of an informal conversation in a bar or over a cup of coffee. About our guest Vasco is the CEO of Unbabel, we are eliminating language barriers by combining machine translation and human post editing. He has a PhD in Language Technologies from Carnegie Mellon. Unbabel enables modern enterprises to serve customers in their native languages, with always-on, scalable translation across digital channels. Powered by AI and refined by a global community of translators, Unbabel combines the speed and scale of machine translation with the authenticity that can come only from a native speaker. Unbabel has raised $91M in funding and has over 260 employees across its Lisbon headquarters and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Pittsburgh. Leading brands like Facebook, Microsoft, Booking.com, and easyJet use Unbabel to make their customers happier and their support operations vastly more efficient. Unbabel's website https://unbabel.com/press-and-media Vasco's Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/vascopedro About the NBN The New Books Network was founded in 2007 as a podcast interviewing the authors of academic books, and has grown to the largest author interview podcast in the world publishing 12 podcasts a day in more than 90 specialist areas, with over a million downloads a month. Read about the founder Marshall Poe and the NBN here. In recent years it has expanded beyond its “author interview origins”. Historically NBN only did audio recordings. E&L is the first NBN podcast distributed on Youtube. See this episode here https://youtu.be/qmN-mmwZ-L0 About Kimon Fountoukidis Twitter Linkedin Kimon is the founder of both Argos Multilingual and PMR. Both companies were founded in the mid 90s with zero capital and both have gone on to become market leaders in their respective sectors. Kimon was born in New York and moved to Krakow, Poland in 1993. Listen to his story here, About Richard Lucas Twitter Linkedin Richard is a business and social entrepreneur who founded or invested in more than 30 businesses, including investments in Argos Multilingual, PMR and, in 2020, the New Books Network. Richard has been a TEDx event organiser, supports the pro-entrepreneurship ecosystem, and leads entrepreneurship workshops at all levels: from pre- to business schools. Richard was born in Oxford and moved to Poland in 1991. Read more here. Listen to his story in an autobiographical TEDx talk here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/entrepreneurship-and-leadership

Connect with Sarah on Linkedin. Join Sarah on Sharebird. Book Recommendation: First 90 Days by Michael D. WatsonUnbabel is hiring! Check out career opportunities here. 

There's nothing that brings a community together like a shared language, our next guest Hugo Macedo helps run a global community around language and translation. Hugo is the VP of Community at Unbabel. In today's episode, we will talk about how he implemented a community NPS score, improving product and marketing with community and how he proves the business case for community through reduced acquisition cost and churn. Who is this episode great for? B2B, starting and scaling, online community builders What's the biggest takeaway? Being able to create a community from the beginning with the intention of actually fostering a loving environment and also making the work tie back to business goals are both extremely important. You can create a place where people can actually grow together and succeed in business goals without hurting either of those endeavors.

Netflix hit the nail on the head with Money Heist. TV series produced originally in Spain now celebrates success around the world thanks to localization. What are the other streaming giants like HBO, Amazon and Viacom doing about it and why is everyone moving to Spain? More topics: How Spotify localized content for the Indian market. LSP lengoo raises EUR 6M to compete with Lilt and Unbabel. This is episode #11 of my speaking practice, also known as the Localization Podcast :) #localization and #translation news across social media delivered to you by the power of my voice. Sources: Slator - https://slator.com/ Holywood Reporter - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-spain-became-a-case-study-global-streaming-wars-1228873 Entrepreneur - https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/339219 Lengoo website - https://www.lengoo.com/ Enjoy!

Unbabel analyzed the patterns of post-editors. Can we do the same for localization project managers? Are PMs in danger of being replaced by AI? And how does the personality change the game and why is nobody paying more attention to it? HR sucks... Listen NOW at 07:45. The second part is about Facebook's patent to measure machine translation quality. It's a great example of using crowd and users to judge the quality. The majority of the industry still relies on the opinions of a few individuals - wrong! We need to go deeper and be more contextual as the lord Gary V teaches. Opportunity detected... This is episode #9 of my speaking practice, also known as the Localization Podcast :) #localization and #translation news across social media delivered to you by the power of my voice. Sources: Slator - https://slator.com/ Enjoy!

In this edition of the Hatch Storytelling Series, DigitalOcean engineer, Vinicius Baggio Fuentes(@vinibaggio), had the chance to catch up with Marcelo Lebre(@marcelo_lebre), VP of engineering @ Unbabel. Unbabel is a global company, supplying AI-powered, human refined translation as a Service. Listen as they chat about scaling technology, teams, and culture in sunny Lisbon. Learn more about Hatch @ do.co/hatchLearn more about Unbabel @ www.unbabel.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wolfgang Allisat is the Chief Commercial Officer at Unbabel - "The World's Translation Layer". Unbabel - funded by the Notion Capital, Google Ventures, Faber Ventures, Matrix Partners, Schilling Capital and Caixa Capital - utilizes artificial intelligence to enable translations between companies and their customers. Wolf has previously held international sales leadership positions at a number of successful software scaleups including Omniture where he was the first international employee and grew the European business to more than 1,100 customers and 200 employees. Wolf discusses how enterprise software ventures can successfully expand their sales and marketing teams internationally including: The research and planning required to support successful overseas expansion How to recruit your initial sales hires with the characteristics to evangelise your offering and drive customer successes in new markets  How to adapt your business culture to succeed in each local market Wolf also discusses the way Unbabel have created a unique culture to resonate with the millennials they typically hire - including weekly company-wide surfing sessions! For more information on Unbabel's AI-powered translation solutions head over to https://unbabel.com and check out http://alpinasearch.com/clients/ for advice on recruiting A-players to globally scale your software/SaaS venture  

Vasco and Jenna discuss Unbabel's mission to translate the internet, how they're building an international marketplace, and strategies for founders to eliminate emotional debt.