TELUS Execs Reveal Why They Bought Lionbridge AI
Commenting on the acquisition of Lionbridge’s data annotation business, senior executives of telco giant TELUS make the case for why the acquisition was a compelling move. Continue reading
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Summa Linguae Reports Strong Q3 2020 Growth as Data Services Take Off
Language service provider Summa Linguae Technologies grows 114% in Q3 2020, including acquisitions. Data annotation business triples. Continue reading
Appen Shares Retreat From All-time High on Soft Language Data Business
Data annotation provider Appen posts 25% revenue growth for first half 2020 as Relevance division booms. Weakness in language data business contributes to share price retreat. Continue reading
Largely Unaffected by Covid, Appen Maintains 2020 Guidance
Australia-listed data annotation provider Appen shares Covid-19 update and guides investors on 2020 profit expectations. Continue reading
Appen Revenues Up 47% in FY 2019, Speech Annotation Posts Strong Growth
Australia-listed data annotation provider Appen reports 2019 full-year results; machine learning platform Figure Eight contributes USD 22m to total revenues of USD 352m (+47%). Continue reading
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A Warning About Data Annotation as a Business From a Man Who Sells AI to AI Firms
Acrolinx Founder Andrew Bredenkamp walked SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019 attendees through AI’s current challenges and his predictions for the next three years. Continue reading
Key Takeaways from SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019
Key highlights and insights from SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019 including video interview, photos, and speaker presentations. Continue reading
Machine Translation and ASR Provider AppTek Buys Speech Tech Firm Ignite-Tek
MT and speech recognition company AppTek expands natural language understanding (NLU) capabilities with acquisition of speech technology provider Ignite-Tek. Continue reading
Appen Shares Rally on Full-Year Earnings Upgrade
Australia-listed data annotation provider Appen upgrades its full-year earnings for 2019, forecasting underlying EBITDA of close to AUD 100m (USD 68m). Continue reading
Here’s How Appen Collects the Language Data So Central to AI
Appen CEO, Mark Brayan, speaks at SlatorCon San Francisco 2019 on the expensive, complex, and crucial process of collecting language data for AI. Continue reading
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Appen Revenues Rise 60% to USD 165m in H1 2019
Machine learning training data provider Appen posts strong revenue and profit growth for H1 2019. Early integration of acquired data annotation platform Figure Eight proves tricky. Continue reading
New Language Industry IPO as Korea’s Flitto Prepares for Scalability-Based Listing
First, Appen. Now, Flitto. Language data startup Flitto, which is about to list on Korean electronic trading platform Kosdaq, has attracted high, early demand for shares. Continue reading
Lionbridge CEO John Fennelly Sees Language Industry at ‘Inflection Point’
On-stage interview with John Fennelly: Lionbridge CEO on Gengo acquisition and the nascent global market for language data, computer visualization, and other AI services. Continue reading
Appen Spends Big on Data Annotation Platform Figure Eight in Preemptive Move
Appen pays up to USD 300m for automated data annotation platform Figure Eight, preempting an emerging threat to its crowd-based business model. Continue reading
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