Lokalise starts a new chapter with a new CEO
Petr and I announced the following to everyone at Lokalise: As we enter a new chapter at Lokalise, we can be incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved so far. Together with you, Lokalisers past and present, we’ve already helped thousands of customers build localized customer experiences and inclusive products that connect people in new ways. Supporting our customers so they can break down language barriers is a truly exciting business to be in. Within a few years of f
Updated on October 13, 2023·Nick Ustinov Introducing Lokalise AI: Your personal localization assistant
AI and localization are the perfect partners. AI-based translation solutions have already transformed the industry by powering the machine translation tools we rely on daily. Now, AI is making its second big play with large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4. And we’re excited to announce Lokalise AI – your personal AI-based assistant. Incorporating this technology into Lokalise feels like a natural progression for us. When we founded the company, the focus was on speeding up the p
Updated on March 27, 2023·Nick Ustinov Changes at Lokalise - a message from our founders
Earlier today, Lokalise Co-founders Nick Ustinov and Petr Antropov sent the following note to the Lokalise team: Today, we’re reducing the size of our team by 23%. This is one of the hardest decisions we have had to make in our careers and it is not one we reached lightly. In total, 76 Lokalisers will be affected. We want to extend our thanks and gratitude to you for your hard work, and let you know how sorry we are that we have had to make this decision. There is not a
Updated on November 16, 2022·Nick Ustinov Ukraine: a letter from our co-founders
Ukraine is a country close to both our hearts. We both lived and worked there in the past, forming some of our closest personal and professional relationships in that time. We also have friends in Russia, which is why the recent events have been so painful for us to watch. When we founded Lokalise, our goal was to bring people together, no matter what language they spoke. Invading a country and starting a war does the opposite, sowing division and creating hatred between closely r
Updated on September 16, 2022·Nick Ustinov $50M - how we’ll invest it
We’ve just closed a $50M Series B led by CRV, and joined by Creandum and Dawn Capital. Existing investors include Chalfen Ventures, 3VC, S16VC, as well as angel investors: Alistair Russell, Andrey Khusid, Carlos Gonzalez-Cardenas, Charles Songhurst, Daniel Dines, Des Traynor, Dom Lewis, Eugene Katz, Guillaume Cabane, Matt Robinson, Nicolas Dessaigne, Rich Waldron, and Stephane Kurgan. Below, we’ll give an insight into what we plan to do with our latest funding. When Petr and I founded L
Updated on July 8, 2024·Nick Ustinov iOS localization: how to localize iOS apps with string examples
The process of localizing iOS apps is often tedious and unorganized. Thankfully, Lokalise is here to help you solve this problem! In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to localize iOS apps as well as add, manage, and integrate translations into your project, including handling localized time. This tutorial is based on Xcode 13.0, and shows you how to set up localization fro
Updated on August 22, 2024·Nick Ustinov Lokalise raises $6M for global expansion and top talent acquisition
Less than 5 years ago, we were in the same position as most of our new customers find themselves in today – in need of translation management and up to our eyes in countless spreadsheets, endless email threads, and frustrated teammates. What started as an internal project intended to make our lives easier and powered only by a handful of developers quickly grew into a healthy busin
Updated on September 16, 2022·Nick Ustinov Build an arcade machine at home: Step-by-step guide
Sometimes it’s a good idea to let your brain cool off from the day-to-day work (which in my case is building the best translation management software in the world). What could be better than building and playing an arcade machine? With software internationalization
Updated on July 6, 2023·Nick Ustinov 
