Palabra AI develops an AI-powered speech translation engine that provides real-time language switching with low latency. The company offers Mac and Windows desktop apps that integrate with Google Meet, Zoom, Discord, Slack, and Microsoft Teams, and provides APIs and SDKs for enterprise integration. Its app supports translation in over 30 languages, includes 30 minutes of free translation per month, and paid plans start at $25 per month for 60 minutes. Palabra says it has reduced latency to about 800ms and uses a custom data pipeline that culminates in a human interpreter checking output quality. Customers and partners include video platform Agora, language-service provider GIS Group, and multiple event organizers using the technology for multilingual streams. The startup is working on a streaming prediction model to further cut latency and aims to support translation for over 10,000 simultaneous audio streams.

Total raised

$8M

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1

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Aug 2025