XL8 builds AI-powered machine translation technology tailored to media content, offering in-line editing, automated media transcription with time coding, automated subtitling, synthesized voice dubbing, real-time meeting interpretation, and live subtitling. Its specialized translation engines were trained on professionally curated, human‑perfected subtitles from media industry content producers. The platform supports more than 45 languages and has translated over 800,000 hours of content and more than 2.2 billion words since inception. The company plans to enhance product offerings and further develop its core platform, including leveraging generative AI capabilities into its proprietary technologies. XL8 is pursuing international expansion across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas and has already initiated market entry in the UK, Turkey, and the UAE. Founded in 2019 and led by CEO Tim Jung and CRO Josh Pine, the company has raised $11.5M in total funding to date.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Sep 2023