KUDO
Real-time AI speech translation plus a 12,000-interpreter marketplace for multilingual meetings and events.
About
KUDO is a New York based language-access platform for virtual, hybrid, and in-person meetings and events. Its distinctive model pairs two translation modes on one platform: a patented AI speech translator that converts speech to speech in 30+ languages, and a marketplace of roughly 12,000 professional human interpreters covering 200+ spoken and sign languages. Organizers pick per meeting whether the occasion calls for human nuance or AI scale. It also ships AI Assist, a real-time copilot that supports interpreters in the booth.
The company was founded in 2017 by language-technology veterans and reports more than 20 million minutes of multilingual meetings delivered, with four US patents for real-time speech translation. In September 2026 it closed an oversubscribed $21 million Series A led by Felicis Ventures. KUDO integrates natively with Microsoft Teams and works on other platforms through an embeddable widget, with attendee access via QR code on phones and no app download required. Pricing is quote-based, and the vendor says all languages are charged the same regardless of rarity.
What it can do
- Patented AI speech-to-speech translation in 30+ languages
- Marketplace of ~12,000 professional interpreters in 200+ spoken and sign languages
- Native Microsoft Teams integration plus embeddable widget for any platform
- AI Assist real-time copilot for human interpreters
- Live captions and ADA-compliant assistive listening workflows
Setup
- Contact KUDO for an enterprise license scoped to your meeting volume, languages, and support needs.
- Choose per event whether to use KUDO AI speech translation or book human interpreters from the marketplace.
- Deploy via the native Microsoft Teams app or the embeddable widget on Zoom, Webex, or your event platform.
- Share the attendee link or QR code so participants select their language on any device with no download.
Prerequisites
KUDO license; meeting or event platform (Teams native, others via widget); interpreter booking for human-mode sessions.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: $21M oversubscribed Series A led by Felicis announced Sept 2026 (yespress profile); ~12,000 interpreters, 200+ languages, 20M+ minutes delivered, four US patents (company materials); RWS and Trados list KUDO as a technology partner; kudo.ai verified live. Strengths: fresh funding, rare hybrid human+AI model, patented tech, enterprise and government traction. Docked for: (1) quote-based pricing with no public numbers; (2) translation-quality claims are vendor-reported. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 6.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · $21M oversubscribed Series A led by Felicis announced Sept 2026
- · ~12,000 interpreters, 200+ spoken/sign languages, 20M+ minutes delivered (vendor)
- · Four US patents for real-time speech translation
- · RWS and Trados list KUDO as a technology partner
Sources
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