Smartcat
Enterprise language AI platform: AI translation plus a 500,000-linguist marketplace across 280+ languages.
About
Smartcat is an enterprise language AI platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. It combines AI translation with a marketplace of over 500,000 human linguists, so teams can run fully automated translation or route work to expert reviewers inside the same collaborative workspace. It covers 280+ languages and 80+ file formats including documents, slides, SCORM e-learning packages, and video, and its AI agents handle translation, OCR, and multimedia transcription on a consumption model the company calls Smartwords.
The company announced a $43 million Series C led by Left Lane Capital, and says it serves over 1,000 enterprise customers including more than 20% of the Fortune 500. One of its newer enterprise plays is full-cycle AI video translation and dubbing plus AI-generated multilingual learning content. Smartcat publishes aggressive 2026 figures, 96% lower translation cost versus traditional agencies and 92% of AI-translated words accepted with no human edit, which should be read as vendor marketing rather than independent measurement, though the direction of travel is consistent with the broader market.
What it can do
- AI translation across 280+ languages and 80+ file formats
- Marketplace of 500,000+ human linguists for review and quality workflows
- Full-cycle AI video translation and dubbing
- AI learning-content generation for L&D teams
- Unlimited seats with Smartwords consumption billing
- Enterprise SSO, API access, and SOC 2 compliance
Setup
- Start with a demo or spin up a free Smartcat workspace.
- Upload source content in any of the 80+ supported formats and choose target languages.
- Run AI translation, then invite in-house reviewers or hire linguists from the marketplace for quality-critical content.
- For video, use the AI video translator to generate translated audio, subtitles, and dubs in one cycle.
Prerequisites
Smartcat workspace; source content; Smartwords balance for AI consumption; SSO and security review for enterprise deployment.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: $43M Series C led by Left Lane Capital (company press release); 1,000+ enterprise customers including 20%+ of Fortune 500 and 500,000-linguist marketplace (company materials); 280+ languages, 80+ formats, Smartwords consumption model documented on smartcat.com; smartcat.com verified live. Strengths: serious funding, large enterprise customer base, hybrid AI+human model, free workspace entry point. Docked for: (1) 96% cost-cut and 92% edit-free figures are vendor-reported 2026 marketing; (2) full enterprise pricing not public. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 7.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 7.0/10
- · $43M Series C led by Left Lane Capital (company press release)
- · 1,000+ enterprise customers, 20%+ of Fortune 500; 500,000+ linguist marketplace (vendor)
- · 280+ languages, 80+ file formats; Smartwords consumption billing
- · Full-cycle AI video translation/dubbing and AI learning-content generation
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.