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Day: February 12, 2025

TransPerfect acquires Apostroph Group

TransPerfect, a provider of language and AI solutions for global business, today announced that it has acquired Apostroph Group, a Switzerland- and Germany-based language service provider (LSP). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Apostroph is an LSP in the DACH region, with significant market share coming from a combination of organic growth and M&A, including its 2017 merger with Germany-based Wieners+Wieners. The company’s global headquarters are in Lucerne, Switzerland, with a total of 10 offices across Switzerland and Germany. Founded in 1994, Apostroph has been headed since 2010 by CEO Philipp Meier. Apostroph will operate as a division within the TransPerfect Global Group and will continue to be led by Meier.

The addition of Apostroph expands TransPerfect’s existing footprint in the highly strategic DACH region, which includes multiple client service, production, and studio facilities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

https://www.transperfect.com

Gilbane Advisor 2-12-25 — Need knowledge graph?, AI agents & the web

This week we feature articles from Kurt Cagle, and Dharmesh Shah.

Additional reading comes from Sarah Gilbert, John Timmer, Mrinank Sharma, et al, and Ben Hylak, Shawn Wang, & Alessio Fanelli.

News comes from Databricks, Docugami, Adobe, and Brightcove.

Next issue arrives February 19.

All previous issues are available at https://gilbane.com/gilbane-advisor-index


Opinion / Analysis

When do you need a knowledge graph?

“Building a knowledge graph can be a significant undertaking, and consequently, it is worth taking the time to figure out if you need to make that effort in establishing one. There are a few questions you can ask when assessing this effort.” Kurt Cagle’s post will help decision-making teams get started. (5 min)

https://ontologist.substack.com/p/when-do-you-need-a-knowledge-graph

What OpenAI Operator means for AI Agents

Dharmesh Shah, who hosts a “marketplace and professional network for AI agents” (currently 784), is unsurprisingly excited about the recent announcements of OpenAI’s Operator, and Perplexity’s Assistant. He explains what “these new AI agents can (and can’t) do, why this matters, and what developers need to know about our new AI-first internet”. (5 min)

https://simple.ai/p/what-openai-operator-means-for-ai-agents

More Reading

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Content technology news

Databricks acquires BladeBridge

BladeBridge to help enterprises migrate to Databricks’ lakehouse, assess scope of conversion, configurable code transpiling, and LLM-conversion.
https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/databricks-acquires-bladebridge-technology-and-talent

Docugami launches Canadian subsidiary

Docugami Canada will accelerate collaboration to advance the science of document Artificial Intelligence and expand customer engagement in Canada.
https://www.docugami.com

Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant adds GenAI features focused on contracts

The new features help customers grasp complex terms and spot differences between multiple agreements to understand and verify documents more easily.

https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/02/acrobat-ai-assistant-contracts

Brightcove launches AI Content Suite

The Brightcove AI Content Suite includes three AI-powered capabilities: content creation, metadata optimization, and language translation.
https://www.brightcove.com/company/press/brightcove-launches-ai-content-suite-ga/

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