
Idibon was formed to bring language technologies to all the world’s languages, achieving significant impact across various industries including smartphones, gaming, healthcare, and finance. The company developed AI-driven language technologies that adapt to over 60 languages, enabling organizations to automate core business tasks and support users in diverse linguistic communities. Their technology has been utilized by leading companies, resulting in substantial client satisfaction and retention, with clients paying seven figures for their products. Idibon's mission focused on positive global impact, steering clear of government surveillance projects, and fostering a diverse workforce that thrived in a unique company culture. The team’s commitment to advancing AI and linguistic diversity has left a lasting legacy in the tech industry.

Idibon was formed to bring language technologies to all the world’s languages, achieving significant impact across various industries including smartphones, gaming, healthcare, and finance. The company developed AI-driven language technologies that adapt to over 60 languages, enabling organizations to automate core business tasks and support users in diverse linguistic communities. Their technology has been utilized by leading companies, resulting in substantial client satisfaction and retention, with clients paying seven figures for their products. Idibon's mission focused on positive global impact, steering clear of government surveillance projects, and fostering a diverse workforce that thrived in a unique company culture. The team’s commitment to advancing AI and linguistic diversity has left a lasting legacy in the tech industry.
Founded: 2012
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Focus: Language-independent NLP and human-in-the-loop ML for text analytics (60+ languages)
Status: Intellectual property and assets sold; ceased active operations (statement dated June 2016)
Known total funding: $6.9M (across two rounds, last round Series A Oct 16, 2014)
Natural language processing and text analytics for multilingual and low-resource language contexts.
2012
Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing
$5.5M
Reported Series A with participation from Khosla Ventures, Morningside and others
“Khosla Ventures; Altpoint (Altpoint Capital/Altpoint Ventures); Morningside; Samsung; Inventec Corporation”