SlatorCon 2019 — Your Definitive Guide and Key Takeaways
SlatorCon toured three global cities across Europe and the US in 2019 and featured 28 speakers representing the full breadth of the language industry. Continue reading
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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
Key Takeaways from SlatorCon San Francisco 2019
Industry leaders met at a sold out SlatorCon San Francisco to discuss market opportunities, technology, and investment trends, and to network with peers. Continue reading
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
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SlatorCon San Francisco 2019: Full Agenda Announced
Over 120 language industry leaders will meet at the language industry’s premier executive forum in San Francisco on September 12. Browse the full agenda now. Continue reading
Korea’s Flitto Raises USD 23m in IPO
Korean language services and data company Flitto raises USD 23m in IPO on electronic trading platform Kosdaq, Korea’s answer to Nasdaq; CEO heralds “AI boom era.” Continue reading
‘Incredibly Vibrant’ — VCs Excited About Natural Language Processing in 2019
Venture capitalists see opportunity as startups begin to apply breakthroughs in transfer learning and new language models, such as BERT, ELMo, OpenAI's GPT-2, and ULMFiT. 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
SlatorCon San Francisco 2019 Speakers
SlatorCon is back in San Francisco, the world’s technology capital, on September 12, 2019. The W Hotel will host language industry executives, investors, technologists, as well as service and... Continue reading
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Appen Delivers Strong Half-Year 2018 Results as Shares Hit All-Time High
Language data and search engine training company Appen delivers triple digit revenue growth on the back of Leapforce acquisition and strong organic performance. AI boom drives shares to all-time high. Continue reading
Appen Revenues Surge 39% on AI and Machine Learning Boom
Shares in Sydney-based Appen continue to rally and are up more than 600% since 2015 IPO. Strong 1H 2017 earnings mostly driven by booming unit which trains machine learning products. Continue reading
Appen Posts Revenues of AUD 111m for 2016, Up 34%
Language services and data provider Appen continues to ride the machine learning and artificial intelligence boom, clocking up revenue growth of 34% versus 2016. While shares are up more than... Continue reading
How Appen Struck Gold in Language Services
Shares in Australia’s Appen have shot up nearly 500% since the IPO in January 2015 boosting the company’s market capitalization to around USD 220m. Driving the bonanza are the personal digital... Continue reading
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