Kotoba Technologies Raises $11.83M to Fuel AI-Powered Translation | Built In Seattle
Summary
Kotoba Technologies raised $11.83 million in a new funding round led by Globis Capital Partners and Boost Capital, with participation from SIP Capital and others. The Seattle-based company builds AI translation and speech technology focused on Asian languages. Kotoba plans to use the capital to improve and commercialize its DOTSU iOS app, which launched in March and provides speech-to-text simultaneous interpretation. The company also plans global rollouts starting in August and expects to launch more expressive Japanese text-to-speech models soon.
Funding
Amount
$11.8M
Total raised
Date
June 30, 2025
Announcement date
Investors
Globis Capital Partners
Lead investors
Company
kotoba.tech
Funded company
Classifications
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applications
Web and Content Management
AskAI Classifications
Labels
SaaS
Developer Tools
Artificial Intelligence
Linked Companies
Kotoba
$1M to $5M