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AI translation tech Palabra gets backing from Reddit co-founder’s venture firm
Alexis Ohanian and his firm Seven Seven Six are backing Palabra, which is working on a translation engine.
Today, LLMs make it easier to convert text from one language to another, but speech translation is not as simple, according to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The round also saw participation from Creator Ventures along with individual investors, including Instacart co-founder Max Mullen; former a16z partner Anne Lee Skates; former DeepMind Head of Product at Mehdi Ghissassi; and Namat Bahram. Image Credits: PalabraOn its website, Palabra says that its desktop app will soon support native translation features for content sites like YouTube, Netflix, Twitch, and Vimeo.
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