The finalists, for PIC#15 are :

  1. Gabriel Fairman – Bureau Works – “Generative Language Engine”
  2. Catarina Farinha – Unbabel – “Content Transcreation Layer for Cultural
    Awareness using Responsible Generative AI”
  3. Sheriff Issaka – African Languages Lab – “All Voices: Empowering Text and
    Audio Data Collection and Validation for Low-Resourced Languages”
  4. Emily Randall – Uber – “Quill: Bringing context to the “Point of
    Translation”
  5. Mathijs Sonnemans – Blackbird International Inc – “Setting up Custom LLM
    Orchestrations in Minutes”
  6. Ágnes Varga – memoQ – “Adaptive Generative Translation (AGT)”

Congratulations to one and all!

“This time we saw over 20 submissions and the dragons have chosen 6 innovators for the PIC final. We really have seen the pivot to AI and generative innovations in this PIC. There is also focus on context, African languages, transcreation powered by LLMs and AI engines as “linguistic conflict resolvers”.   I want to extend our thanks to all those innovators who entered PIC #15. We appreciate your effort in submitting. We are also delighted to have 3 fantastic dragons join us for the final; previous dragons Erik Vogt, and Ben Cornelius were joined by PIC advisory board member, Alessandra Binazzi.  The final in Silicon Valley should be a fantastic show and a must attend for anyone interested in seeing what is actually innovating in our industry. See you there!”

Dave Ruane, PIC chair

The final round takes place on Wednesday, the 11th of October 2023 at the LocWorld50 event in Silicon Valley, USA.

See you at the PIC #15 final!

NOTE: Voting for the final round will be split between the PIC dragons and the PIC audience and performed in line with the PIC values of fairness and transparency.

You can watch the final round of the competition and vote for the “Innovator of the Year – USA” award by registering for the LocWorld50 Conference here. The PIC#15 preliminary rounds can also be viewed here.