Niche AI Beats Google at Finance Translations | Colin Hong (DeepTranslate)

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)

About Colin:
Colin Hong spent 25+ years running financial printing divisions for Hong Kong’s largest financial PR firm before founding DeepTranslate in 2018. His mission: preserve Traditional Chinese, elevate AI translation quality, and protect client confidentiality in high-value financial documents.

If you want more stories on the Asia fintech startup scene, I recommend you listen to our conversation with Jessica and Ankit, Founders of Planto here:    • Jessica Liu and Ankit Suri | Planto: Found...  

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