Our founder, Tony O’Dowd, created KantanAI (back then KantanMT), with a goal in mind: making high quality machine translation accessible to more users.

In 2011, Tony and his team saw the need for a more accessible/high-quality machine translation solution to keep up with the high volumes of content and globalization efforts. That is how our cloud-based and customizable statistical  machine translation (SMT) was born.

By 2013, we had 550 active MT users and rapidly adapted to the market’s demands. Hosting engines on the cloud lowered machine translation costs and our user-friendly platform allowed us high degrees of customization. This allowed us to develop other translation and localization services relying on AI, at lower cost.

In 2016, we switched to neural machine translation (NMT), further improving our engines’ performance and powering our other tools. From 2019, and under the umbrella of Keywords Studios, we have developed a range of services for the gaming localization industry.

As part of Keywords Studios Localization Research Labs, we’re committed to developing AI solutions to integrate into your workflows. Our goal? To improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase service levels for your company.