BLEND
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Internationalization and localization, Translation |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Yaron Kaufman, Lior Libman, Oren Yagev |
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| Services | Translation, Crowdsourcing, Internationalization and localization |
| Website | https://www.getblend.com/ |
Get BLEND, Ltd. (formerly: One Hour Translation) is a localization and translation services company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] The company was founded as One Hour Translation in 2008 by Yaron Kaufman, Lior Libman and Oren Yagev.[2] BLEND provides machine translation and AI-based localization services for enterprise companies, as well as offering a self-service online translation platform, BLEND Express. BLEND has offices in Tel Aviv, Bucharest, Kyiv, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and London.
History[edit]
One Hour Translation was founded in Israel in 2008 as an online translation company.
In January 2014 the company raised a $10M funding round from Fortissimo Capital.[3]
In March 2021, the company underwent a rebranding and changed its name to BLEND, while also closing its series B funding round with Fortissimo Capital of $10 million.[4]
In June 2021, BLEND acquired GM Voices, an Atlanta based voice services company.[5]
Recognition[edit]
- 2021 – Ranked #16 in the Asia-Pacific region in CSA Research's rankings of the largest LSPs by region[6]
- 2021 – Ranked in the Slator Language Service Provider Index[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ BLEND in Datanyze
- ^ Anouk Lorie, OHT-Mobile Releases Lingui Instant App Localization Solution, nocamels, March 02, 2015
- ^ John Biggs, Speedy Translation Service OneHourTranslation Raises $10 Million Series A, TechCrunch, January 6, 2014
- ^ OneHour Translation Rebrands As Blend, Raises $10M For AI Localization Services, nocamels, March 3, 2021
- ^ "BLEND acquires GM Voices, the company that recorded Siri". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. 16 June 2021.
- ^ 2021 Rankings of the Largest LSPs by Region
- ^ The Slator 2021 Language Service Provider Index
- ^ Translation Services Australia