BLEND

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.

Get Blend, Ltd.
TypePrivate
IndustryInternationalization and localization, Translation
Founded2008 (2008)
FounderYaron Kaufman, Lior Libman, Oren Yagev
Headquarters
Tel Aviv, Israel
ServicesTranslation, Crowdsourcing, Internationalization and localization
Websitehttps://www.getblend.com/

History

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
  • 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
  1. BLEND in Datanyze
  2. Anouk Lorie, OHT-Mobile Releases Lingui Instant App Localization Solution, nocamels, March 02, 2015
  3. John Biggs, Speedy Translation Service OneHourTranslation Raises $10 Million Series A, TechCrunch, January 6, 2014
  4. OneHour Translation Rebrands As Blend, Raises $10M For AI Localization Services, nocamels, March 3, 2021
  5. "BLEND acquires GM Voices, the company that recorded Siri". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. 16 June 2021.
  6. 2021 Rankings of the Largest LSPs by Region
  7. The Slator 2021 Language Service Provider Index
  8. Translation Services Australia
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