Colin Hong | DeepTranslate: How niche AI beats Google at finance translations
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AI can translate your IPO or ESG report—but can it do it right? Colin Hong, Co-Founder of DeepTranslate, reveals how his Hong Kong startup outperforms Google Translate and ChatGPT in the most high-stakes corner of translation: finance and legal compliance.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why niche AI is the only way to beat Big Tech
- The hidden 20% translation gap that LLMs miss
- How data compliance fears hold back corporate AI adoption
- Cashflow discipline and hard lessons from startup life
- Building a team with two PhD co-founders (and why the “sales guy” matters)
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