We are excited to announce the finalists for PIC#18:

  1. Agustin Da Fieno Delucchi, Microsoft, ContextuAIlize: Automated Context for Effortless Localization
  2. Henrique Cabral, Bureau Works, Bureau Works Free Flow Editor
  3. Gábor Ugray, memoQ – Agent M: Lights-On Project Automation with Agentic AI
  4. Elena Murgolo, Custom MT, Automatic Post-Editing for Terminology and Style in CAT Tools
  5. Bruno Bitter, Blackbird International Inc. (Blackbird.IO), Dynamic Adaptive Interoperability: Seamless, Automated XLIFF Conversion for Frictionless Content Exchange Across Enterprise Systems
  6. Ji-Yan Wu, Centific, Smarter Video Localization with AI: Adapting On-Screen Content for Global Audiences

Congratulations one and all!

There were 21 excellent submissions. If you missed the preliminary rounds they can be viewed here. Thank you again to our Dragons, Johan Sporre (Ikea), Christina Anselmi (Independent Consultant), and Giulia Tarditi(Revolut).

The finals will be fantastic! Watch the final round of the competition and vote for the “Innovator of the Year – Europe” award by registering for the LocWorld53 Conference here. The PIC#18 final round will be held at LocWorld53 Malmö Conference on Wednesday, June 4 at 1:30 p.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time).

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.

See you at the PIC#18 finals!