DeepL
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Speech & Audio AI
Natural Language Processing
Translation Services
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$400M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$300M
Series C · 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
501-1000
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
7
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
Bessemer Venture Partners, b2venture
The money's age
Long since its last round
27 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
6/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 17
Launched DeepL Launches on AWS Marketplace, Supercharging Global Business with AI Translation Power · PRNewswire
Nov 14, 2024
On the Hacker News front page DeepL Voice: Real-time voice translations for global collaboration · 124 points
Jul 17, 2024
Launched DeepL launches Next Generation LLM that outperforms competitors on translation quality, fluency · CNWGroup
2024
Raised a round Series C $300M
2023
Raised a round Series B $100M
Apr 26, 2021
Released an app DeepL Translate · App Store
Sep 15, 2020
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: DeepL, a Smarter Google Translate
Aug 29, 2017
On the Hacker News front page DeepL Translator – AI Assistance for Language · 217 points
2017
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | 2024 | $300M | — | |
| Series B | 2023 | $100M | — |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Jaroslaw KutylowskiFounder & Chief Executive Officer
Gereon FrahlingFounder of Linguee
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Bessemer Venture Partners 
b2venture 
Index Ventures 
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- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 1
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Overview
DeepL is a German artificial intelligence company founded in Cologne in 2017 that built a machine translation service widely judged more natural than the incumbents. It grew out of the Linguee bilingual dictionary and trained its own neural models on that curated corpus, releasing a product that handles nuance, register and idiom well enough to displace human first drafts in many professional settings. The company now serves more than thirty languages plus the DeepL Write editing assistant, DeepL Voice for live speech, and a developer API, selling largely to enterprises in regulated European industries that need translation without sending text to American providers.
News
Cologne AI translator DeepL lays off a quarter of its workforce
The Cologne-based AI company DeepL is reducing its workforce by around 250 positions. CEO Kutylowski justifies the move with a comprehensive restructuring.
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DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice
DeepL says its tech could be used for real-time translation with meeting tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
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DeepL Launches on AWS Marketplace, Supercharging Global Business with AI Translation Power
/PRNewswire/ -- DeepL, a global AI product and research company, today announced its availability in AWS Marketplace. Customers can now access DeepL
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Welcome to DeepL AI Labs
Hier finden Sie einen Überblick über unsere kommenden Lösungen für KI-Sprachtechnologie, Echtzeit-Sprachübersetzung, KI-Agenten und vieles mehr.
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German startup DeepL says latest Nvidia chips lets it translate the whole internet in just 18 days
DeepL, which is valued at $2 billion, is a German startup that has created its own AI models for language translation.
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German startup DeepL says latest Nvidia chips lets it translate the whole internet in just 18 days
DeepL, which is valued at $2 billion, is a German startup that has created its own AI models for language translation.
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DeepL vs LLMs for Translation
This analysis compares DeepL with modern Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI's GPT-4o, Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Google's Gemini 1.5…
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at DeepL over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
93
Postings analysed
82
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
Go35%
Python20%
C#20%
JavaScript13%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js13%
JAX6%
PyTorch6%
TensorFlow5%
Databases
PostgreSQL2%
Redis1%
Apache Iceberg1%
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes13%
.NET11%
GitHub11%
AWS10%
AI & ML
Claude22%
LLM7%
LoRA1%
PEFT1%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$275k
Typical range
$275k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Architect
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architect | 1 | $275k | $275k |
Highest paying role
VP of Sales, AMER
$275k
Normalized to USD per year
Products
for Enterprise
The enterprise tier adds single sign-on, glossary control, document translation at scale and strict data handling guarantees. European regulated industries are its core market.
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Voice
DeepL Voice provides real-time speech translation for meetings and live conversation. It extends the company's models from written text into spoken interaction.
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API
The API gives developers programmatic access to the translation and writing engines. It is the integration path for content management, support and localisation platforms.
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Write
DeepL Write is a writing assistant that improves grammar, phrasing and tone in a chosen language. It targets non-native professionals drafting business communication.
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Translator
The translator handles more than thirty languages and is widely rated for producing more natural output than its competitors. It is available on the web, in desktop apps and through browser extensions.
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People
Jaroslaw Kutylowski
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jaroslaw Kutylowski founded DeepL and leads it as chief executive. He joined the predecessor company Linguee as an engineer and led the neural translation research that became the product.
Gereon Frahling
Founder of Linguee
Gereon Frahling founded Linguee, the bilingual dictionary whose corpus and team became DeepL. He is a former Google researcher with a doctorate in computer science.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
71/100
Growing
Open positions
7
1 opened / 33 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
49 days
faster than 28% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
28% ▲
Sales
20% ▼
Marketing
9% ▼
AI/ML
8% ▼
DevOps
5% ▼
Leadership
5% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added ITIL to stack
Sep 2026
Added Linux to stack
Sep 2026
Added BGP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Vienna
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Sep 2026
Added Speculative Decoding to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Zurich
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
9
Countries
4
Busiest office
Cologne
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Cologne
Germany
HQ
1 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
London
United Kingdom
Sales office
4 open roles 49 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Support, Finance, Marketing
Munich
Germany
1 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
Berlin
Germany
Sales office
1 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
New York
United States
Sales office
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $275k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Austin
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $275k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Hamburg
Germany
1 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
San Francisco
United States
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff $275k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
Vienna
Austria
Sales office
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Earlier presence
Tokyo, Japan
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jobs
≈ $59k – $111k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • London
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Financials
Total raised
$400M
Latest round
Series C
Funding rounds
2
Investors
5
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | 2024 | $300M | $2B |
| Series B | 2023 | $100M | $1B |
Key Investors
Benchmark
Benchmark invested in DeepL in its earlier financing. The firm keeps a deliberately small portfolio of high-conviction positions.
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Atomico
Atomico backed DeepL as it scaled across Europe. The London firm invests in European technology companies.
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IVP
IVP participated in DeepL's growth financings. The Menlo Park firm focuses on later-stage internet and software businesses.
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ICONIQ Growth
ICONIQ Growth led DeepL's 2023 financing that made it a unicorn. The firm invests on behalf of technology entrepreneurs and family offices.
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Index Ventures
Index Ventures led DeepL's 2024 round at a two billion dollar valuation. The firm backs European and American software companies from early to growth stage.
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