Algorine
Algorine is an AI and Machine Learning company that democratizes access to language technologies in Africa. They specialize in providing Machine Translation (MT) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) applications on web and mobile, as well as APIs, for African languages that are typically underserved. Their flagship product, Khaya AI, currently supports languages such as Twi, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani, and Yoruba, with plans to expand to more languages. The company spun out of MIT with over a decade of research in optimization and machine learning. They aim to build the future by analyzing language, offering functionalities like text translation, speech recognition, and voice-to-voice translation for various African languages.
Algorine
Algorine is an AI and Machine Learning company that democratizes access to language technologies in Africa. They specialize in providing Machine Translation (MT) and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) applications on web and mobile, as well as APIs, for African languages that are typically underserved. Their flagship product, Khaya AI, currently supports languages such as Twi, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani, and Yoruba, with plans to expand to more languages. The company spun out of MIT with over a decade of research in optimization and machine learning. They aim to build the future by analyzing language, offering functionalities like text translation, speech recognition, and voice-to-voice translation for various African languages.
TL;DR
What they do: Language AI: machine translation and speech recognition for African languages
Flagship product / offering: Khaya AI (supports Twi, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani, Yoruba)
Origins: Spun out of MIT with over a decade of research in optimization and ML
Headquarters: Austin, Texas, USA
Known funding: $50,000 pre-seed (Sep 2014) — Deshpande Foundation named
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Language technology for underserved African languages (translation, speech recognition, voice translation).
Founded
2014
Industry
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Funding Track Record
$50,000