Ivan Smolnikov
Behind our $7M in Series A: How we make translations better for everyone
Today we announced our Series A: $7 million in funding led by Matrix Partners
[http://www.matrixpartners.com/]. Here’s the full announcement
[https://slator.com/ma-and-funding/smartcat-raises-usd-7-million-in-series-a-funding-from-matrix-partners/]
if you’d like more detail. In this article, I want to focus on a mandate for
evolution in the translation industry.
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Ecosystem growth, product updates, partnerships: Smartcat in 2017
Although 2017 was not an easy one for me personally, with a lot of long days and
challenging tasks, it was arguably the best year for Smartcat so far.We made
lots of new features and improvements, gained a number of new strategic partners
from around the world, and achieved
Supply Chain Management: A hidden source of efficiency for translation companies
Surprisingly, many of our users are unaware that Smartcat is actually much more
than just a CAT platform, and how broad its capabilities in Supply Chain
Management (SCM) are compared to any other platform in the translation
automation space.
We’ve learned from our past experience in the translation industry
Why we don’t count seats: On Licenses, Monkeys, and Cognitive Biases
Smartcat CEO Ivan Smolnikov on why we don’t sell “seats” (per-user licenses), and why we believe this is profoundly positive for the industry.
By Ivan Smolnikov and Jean-Luc Saillard
Cognitive biases are a nasty thing. When I attend industry conferences, people often ask me why we don’t sell