General Translation
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$2.7M
1 round on record
Latest round
$2.7M
Venture round · Nov 2024 · 23 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
The money's age
Due for its next round
23 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
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 26, 2025
Launched on Hacker News Show HN: I Internationalized an AI Chatbot in 10 minutes
Nov 4, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $2.7M · SEC Form D
2023
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2024 | $2.7M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | General Translation, Inc. | its site |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Archibald McKenzieExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Supporting open-source software
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at General Translation over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
3
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
78/100
Languages
TypeScript
Databases
ClickHouse
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People
Archibald McKenzie
Executive Officer, Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
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
100% ▼
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
1 open roles 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Backend
Jobs
≈ $154k – $324k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • San Francisco
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Financials
Total raised
$2.7M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $2.7M | Details |