Zoom to acquire German startup to bring real-time translations to video meetings

German Startup Kites was founded in 2015 in association with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. It was founded by Dr Alex Waibel and Dr Sebastian Stuker.

Popular video conferencing app Zoom is all set to acquire Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions kites, a Germany-based start-up dedicated to developing real-time Machine Translation. The company also known as Kites, consists of a team of researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Zoom did not reveal the value of the deal but revealed that it will help the company’s engineering team improve meeting productivity and efficiency by providing multi-language translation capabilities for Zoom users. Talking about the new acquisition, Velchamy Sankarlingam, President of Product and Engineering at Zoom, said, “We are continuously looking for new ways to deliver happiness to our users and improve meeting productivity, and MT solutions will be key in enhancing our platform for Zoom customers across the globe. With our aligned missions to make collaboration frictionless regardless of language, geographic location, or other barriers we are confident Kites’ impressive team will fit right in with Zoom.”