Isoft.ai Oy

What Isoft.ai Oy does

Isoft.ai Oy is a Finnish AI software house headquartered in Oulu, founded in 2015 and led by CEO Erkki Lohiniva. The company operates as a hybrid product-and-services business, combining proprietary SaaS products with enterprise AI consulting. Its flagship products include iPodcast.ai, a text-to-voice solution that converts text into audio/podcast output, and iTitles.ai, an automated video subtitling and translation tool distributed as self-service SaaS with social media platform integrations.

Underlying the products is a multi-modal AI technology stack spanning automatic speech recognition, text-to-speech, computer vision, and machine learning, alongside generative AI assistant capabilities delivered through Microsoft CoPilot Studio. The company has extended its offering beyond speech into Computer Vision and ML consulting for enterprise clients.

Isoft.ai serves enterprise and public-sector customers across multiple verticals including media (Turun Sanomat), manufacturing/retail (Lappset Group), insurance (Pohjantähti), and healthcare (Digifundus). Pricing is quote-based for enterprise consulting engagements, complemented by product-led self-service distribution for its SaaS products. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external funding to date.

Name

Isoft.ai Oy

Legal name

Isoft.ai Oy

Website

https://isoft.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Isoft.ai Oy is a Finnish AI software house building proprietary SaaS products (iPodcast.ai, iTitles.ai) and consulting services across speech, computer vision, and generative AI for enterprise and public-sector clients in Finland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Software & Solutions

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Music Creation & Assistive Tools (Generation, Separation, Mastering) (MPAIAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

Keywords

• AI software solutions
• Text-to-speech SaaS
• Video subtitling AI
• Generative AI assistants
• Computer vision services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oulu

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Product Subscriptions: Cloud-based AI products (iPodcast.ai, iTitles.ai) offered as SaaS solutions with automated or on-demand options for enterprises and public organizations.
2. AI Consultation Services: Customized AI solutions and consultation services for generative AI assistants, speech and voice, computer vision, and machine learning.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Isoft.ai Oy develops and sells AI-powered software products including iPodcast.ai (a cloud-based text-to-voice media pipeline converting RSS/HTML content into multilingual audio) and iTitles.ai (automated AI-driven video subtitling, translation, and multi-platform social media publishing). The company also provides customized AI consultation services spanning generative AI assistants (built on Microsoft CoPilot Studio), speech recognition, text-to-speech, computer vision, and machine learning solutions for enterprises and public organizations.

Product overview

Isoft.ai Oy is a Finnish software house specializing in AI solutions and products since 2015. The company offers a portfolio of two AI-powered SaaS products (iPodcast.ai for text-to-voice media conversion and iTitles.ai for automated video subtitling and translation) alongside professional services including Generative AI Assistants built on Microsoft CoPilot Studio, Speech and Voice solutions, Computer Vision solutions, and customized Machine Learning models. The product line serves enterprises and public organizations with both cloud-based automated products and customized AI solution development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• iPodcast.ai Cloud-based automated text-to-voice media pipeline service that converts RSS feeds and HTML sources into audio media using high-quality AI-generated natural voices across multiple languages, with real-time updates, Automator and Publisher web tools, and on-demand API access. For enterprises and public organizations seeking to deliver audio content without manual recording.
• iTitles.ai AI-driven SaaS solution for automated video subtitling and translation that generates subtitles using speech recognition, supports multi-format export (VTT, SRT, burned-in), includes a web-based Subtitle Management tool with integrated video player, REST API, and social media integration with Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. For video content creators and organizations needing automated subtitle workflows.
• Generative AI Assistants Virtual assistants powered by generative AI built using Microsoft CoPilot Studio, offered as customized solutions for enterprises and public organizations seeking automated customer service or operational assistants.
• Computer Vision Solutions Customized computer vision solutions including image classification, object detection, face recognition, and real-time or recorded videostream analysis, delivered as tailored services for specific business requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Real-time content updates when source news changes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationIsoft.ai builds generative AI virtual assistants using Microsoft CoPilot Studio. This partnership enables the company to leverage Microsoft's AI platform for delivering customized AI assistant solutions to enterprise customers.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Play.ht: Play.ht offers AI text-to-speech with a large voice library and API access for content automation. Its API-first, multilingual TTS positioning closely mirrors Isoft.ai's iPodcast.ai model.
• WellSaid Labs: WellSaid Labs delivers AI voice generation for enterprise content teams with API and studio tooling. It competes with Isoft.ai for media, marketing, and enterprise narration use cases.
• Rev: Rev provides AI- and human-powered transcription, captions, and subtitles for video content. Its automated captioning and translation workflow is a direct alternative to Isoft.ai's iTitles.ai.
• Sonix: Sonix offers AI-powered transcription, translation, and subtitling with API access. It targets the same video content and enterprise localization use cases as iTitles.ai.
• Resemble AI: Resemble AI provides AI voice cloning and text-to-speech with an API and enterprise focus. It is comparable to Isoft.ai in the TTS space, particularly for custom voice and media workflows.
• Descript: Descript combines AI transcription, subtitling, and audio/video editing in a single SaaS platform. Its subtitling and editing capabilities overlap directly with Isoft.ai's iTitles.ai offering.
• ElevenLabs: ElevenLabs is a leading AI voice generation platform offering high-quality, multilingual text-to-speech and voice cloning APIs. It directly competes with Isoft.ai's iPodcast.ai in the AI voice/media space, serving similar publishers and content creators with comparable SaaS delivery.
• Murf.ai: Murf.ai provides AI-generated natural-sounding voiceovers across multiple languages with a SaaS studio interface. It competes head-to-head with iPodcast.ai for content creators, publishers, and enterprises needing scalable TTS workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Azure AI Speech: Microsoft Azure offers TTS, speech-to-text, and translation services as part of a broader cloud AI platform. It is both a competitor (for Isoft.ai's speech products) and a partner platform (via CoPilot Studio) for the company's generative AI assistants business.
• Amazon Polly: Amazon Polly is AWS's neural text-to-speech service with broad language coverage and API access. As a hyperscaler incumbent, it competes with iPodcast.ai on price and language reach for any enterprise already on AWS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/isoft-ai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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