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DeepL CEO: Staying private has advantages amid market turmoil

DeepL CEO and founder Jarek Kutylowski, speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, downplayed imminent IPO expectations, citing volatile public markets and upcoming IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic as deterrents. He emphasized the advantages of remaining private, such as stability and avoiding public market turmoil. Kutylowski also discussed European sovereignty, DeepL's acquisition of Mixhalo, a partnership with legaltech firm Harvey, recent job cuts, and the decision to use Amazon Web Services. The company, headquartered in Cologne, provides AI text translation and voice-to-voice translation services.

• DeepL CEO Jarek Kutylowski said public markets are 'pretty tricky' for AI companies right now.
• Kutylowski mentioned upcoming IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic as a reason for caution.
• DeepL acquired US audio stadium streaming business Mixhalo in June 2026.

DeepL Voice now preserves your voice in real-time multilingual conversations

DeepL announces that DeepL Voice now preserves your voice in real-time multilingual conversations, as highlighted in the newsroom with a dedicated announcement dated September 15, 2026.

DeepL Voice now preserves your voice in real time across languages

Real-time voice translation now preserves each speaker's tone and voice across languages, with a unified desktop app for Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet.

Claude Opus 5.5 Review: Cheaper, Faster, Less Annoying

Claire Vo, host of the How I AI podcast, reviews Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 after having abandoned Claude for months due to its previous 'annoying' behavior. She highlights that Opus 5.5 is 40% cheaper than Opus 5 and 30% faster, and it now feels less annoying to interact with. She tested the model across long-running agentic tasks, frontend prototyping, SVG illustration, and daily knowledge work tasks. The model performed well in agentic tasks (ignoring prompt injections, catching bugs), excelled in frontend design and SVG generation, and improved email writing in her voice. However, it still has a safety-first 'scold' personality, can be slow on long turns, and lags behind Codex in computer use and video editing. She concludes that Claude is back in her stack for specific use cases like PR review, architecture questions, and frontend work.

• Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, priced at $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, with a fast mode at $8 and $40.
• Opus 5.5 is 40% cheaper than Opus 5 and 30% faster, aiming for performance close to Opus 5.1.
• Opus 5.5 includes first-model alignment safeguards, with external evaluations and rejection of prompt injections, and cybersecurity tasks are diverted to Opus 4.8.

Ramp Launches in UK, Launches AI Token Spend Platform

US expense management startup Ramp has launched in the UK, its first market outside North America, following its acquisition of Swedish payments firm Billhop. Ramp, which competes with Brex, offers a unified platform for payments, corporate cards, vendor management, and automated bookkeeping. The company has onboarded UK customers since the summer, including ElevenLabs and Attio, and is highlighting its AI token spend intelligence tools. Ramp reports AI spending among its customers has grown 21 times since June 2025. It also announced a collaboration with Visa to support its UK corporate card offering.

• Ramp launched in the UK, its first market outside North America.
• Ramp acquired Swedish payment infrastructure firm Billhop earlier this year.
• Ramp raised $750 million at a valuation of $44 billion in June 2026.

ElevenLabs and Universal Music Partner for AI Song Remixing

Universal Music Group (UMG) and AI audio company ElevenLabs announced a multi-year licensing partnership to develop a platform enabling fans to create remixes, mashups, and reinterpretations of songs from Universal's catalog. The platform will feature music only from artists who actively opt in. Financial terms and a launch date were not disclosed. ElevenLabs, known for voice cloning, has faced legal challenges over voice cloning without consent, settling one case in August 2025 but still facing a class action. This is ElevenLabs' first major music label deal, while Universal has previously partnered with Udio, Klay, Spotify, and Nvidia. The initiative combines ElevenLabs' AI models with Universal's rights management and artist community, aiming to provide fair compensation to artists and songwriters.

• Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs announced a multi-year licensing partnership to develop a fan remixing platform.
• The platform will feature music from artists who actively opt in and will be separate from ElevenLabs' existing music offerings.
• ElevenLabs has a song generator and a Music API, as well as a dedicated ElevenMusic app.