Wordly

What Wordly does

Wordly is a private AI translation and captioning platform that delivers real-time interpretation, live captions, transcripts, and summaries for in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings and events. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, the company was founded by CEO Saswat Nanda and launched its public-sector AI translation service in 2019. The platform uses real-time speech recognition and machine translation to convert spoken audio into translated audio and text across dozens of languages simultaneously, with custom glossaries for industry-specific terminology and no requirement for human interpreters or specialized equipment. Attendees access translations through a QR code or browser link without downloads.

Name

Wordly

Legal name

Wordly, Inc.

Website

https://wordly.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Wordly provides real-time AI translation, captions, transcripts, and summaries for meetings and events across dozens of languages. The Los Altos-based platform serves 5,000+ enterprise, government, education, and nonprofit customers in 120 countries, replacing traditional human interpretation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Language Interpretation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Translation and Interpretation Services (541930)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Speech Translation & Multilingual Speech Tech (HDAAAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assistive Hearing & Communication Access (Captioning, Hearing Support, Transcription) (EDAFAKAC), Multilingual/Translation Communication Apps (BPAMACAJ), Conversational AI Platforms (chat/voice bots, orchestration) (HDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• AI translation services
• Live captioning software
• Language interpretation platform
• Speech translation technology
• Event accessibility solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Altos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based Hourly Credits: Wordly sells hourly credits/packages that customers purchase for translation hours. Customers can buy Starter and Pro packages online via credit card, with Corporate and Enterprise packages available through sales contact. Annual subscriptions offer cost savings for recurring usage.
2. Usage-based Billing: Pay-as-you-go model where customers purchase hours based on actual meeting and event usage. The platform provides calculators to estimate hours needed for multi-day conferences, recurring meetings, or public agency meetings.
3. Annual Subscription Pricing: Company offers annual subscription pricing models alongside pay-as-you-go options, providing flexibility for organizations with different usage patterns and budget cycles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Wordly provides an AI-powered platform that delivers real-time translation, live captioning, transcripts, and summaries for meetings and events across dozens of languages simultaneously. The platform replaces traditional human interpreters and interpretation equipment with software accessible via QR code, browser link, or integrations with video conferencing and event management tools. It is sold as subscription-based hourly credits with tiers for individuals through enterprise deployments.

Product overview

Wordly offers a unified AI-powered translation and captioning platform consisting of core products (Wordly Platform, Live Translation, AI Captioning, Simultaneous Interpretation) and supporting modules (AI Transcription, Voice Transcripts, AI Summaries, Workspaces, Video Captions, AI Subtitles, Video Subtitles, AI Dubbing). The platform delivers real-time speech-to-text transcription, machine translation across dozens of languages, AI-generated captions and subtitles, multilingual summaries, and AI dubbing capabilities. Native integrations with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Webex, Cvent, and Encore enable deployment across common video conferencing and event management tools. The platform serves in-person, virtual, and hybrid meeting/event formats with no equipment requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wordly Platform Unified AI translation and captioning platform that delivers real-time interpretation, live captions, transcripts, and summaries across dozens of languages for in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings and events.
• Live Translation Real-time AI translation service that converts spoken audio into translated captions and audio output as presenters speak, enabling attendees to follow along in their preferred language.
• AI Captioning Live captioning service using AI to generate real-time text captions for events, supporting accessibility compliance and comprehension for all attendees.
• AI Transcription AI-powered transcription service that converts spoken content into text transcripts, enabling documentation and post-event content management.
• Voice Transcripts Feature that enables creating multilingual dubbed videos from live sessions without studios or voice actors, using AI dubbing technology for multilingual content creation.
• AI Summaries AI-generated summaries of meetings and events that provide marketing-ready content and key takeaways in multiple languages.
• Workspaces Enterprise workspace feature enabling AI-powered translation across organizational operations, extending multilingual support beyond single events to ongoing business needs.
• Video Captions Captioning service for pre-recorded video content, supporting post-event content accessibility and multilingual distribution.
• AI Subtitles AI-generated subtitles for video content, enabling multilingual accessibility for recorded sessions.
• Video Subtitles Subtitle generation for video content, supporting compliance with accessibility requirements and international distribution.
• AI Dubbing AI-powered voice dubbing service that translates and voices content into multiple languages, replacing traditional studio recording for multilingual video content.
• Simultaneous Interpretation Real-time simultaneous interpretation service using AI to provide instant translation across dozens of languages during events.
• Translation App Mobile-first translation application for conference, tradeshow, and hybrid events, allowing attendees to access translations on personal devices.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% cost reduction compared to traditional human interpreters
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 18 March 2026Wordly became a Bronze Sponsor of ANOC, enabling event participants to access real-time translation directly on personal devices. The collaboration replaces traditional interpretation booths and headsets, allowing attendees to hear and read content in their preferred language at Olympic committee events.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kudo: Kudo provides AI-powered multilingual interpretation and live captioning for meetings and events, directly competing with Wordly across the same enterprise and association buyer base.
• Interprefy: Interprefy offers remote simultaneous interpretation combining human and AI interpreters for conferences and events, overlapping Wordly's hybrid interpretation positioning.
• Voxxio: Voxxio delivers live AI interpretation and captioning for hybrid events, targeting the same conference and meeting use cases as Wordly.
• Otter.ai: Otter.ai provides AI meeting transcription, captions, and summaries; while Wordly extends translation beyond transcription, both compete for the same meeting productivity budget.
• Rev: Rev provides AI- and human-powered transcription and captions, overlapping with Wordly's transcription and captioning products across enterprise and media buyers.

Emerging players

• Krisp: Krisp offers AI-powered meeting assistance including noise cancellation and transcription; emerging overlap with Wordly in the AI-for-meetings category.
• Speechmatics: Speechmatics delivers enterprise speech recognition and translation APIs, offering underlying technology that overlaps with Wordly's ASR and translation pipeline.

Broad incumbents

• DeepL: DeepL is a leading machine translation provider with broader enterprise and document translation focus; competes with Wordly's underlying translation engine and enterprise translation budgets.
• Microsoft Translator: Microsoft Translator offers real-time translation embedded in Teams, Office, and Azure, representing the bundled hyperscaler threat to Wordly's enterprise and government deals.
• Google Translate: Google Translate is a global consumer and enterprise translation service with broad language coverage; competes as a low-cost incumbent in multilingual communication workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wordly-inc
• Xx.com/wordlyinc
• Facebookfacebook.com/WordlyTranslation

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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