Series C · AI & Machine Learning · Cologne, Germany · Founded 2017 · 1500–1600 employees
DeepL is a German AI company that specializes in machine translation and has consistently achieved world-leading translation quality in blind tests, outperforming Google Translate and other major competitors. The company has raised $300 million at a $2 billion valuation in May 2024 and serves over 100,000 businesses globally including Zendesk, Nikkei, Coursera, and Deutsche Bahn. DeepL supports 32 languages and offers products like DeepL Translator, DeepL Write Pro writing assistant, and DeepL Voice for real-time translation. The company is reportedly planning an IPO in late 2025 and has achieved remarkable growth from $0 revenue in 2017 to $185.2 million in 2024.