<s>
vidby	B-Application
AG	O
(	O
stylized	O
in	O
lower-case	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
start-up	B-Application
based	O
in	O
Rotkreuz	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
specializing	O
in	O
AI	B-Application
language	O
translation	O
for	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vidby	B-Application
AG	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Alexander	O
Konovalov	O
and	O
Eugen	O
von	O
Rubinberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
are	O
residents	O
of	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
business	O
partners	O
launched	O
a	O
consumer-oriented	O
video-call	B-Application
translation	O
service	O
called	O
DROTR	O
(	O
Droid	O
Translator	O
)	O
AG	O
,	O
utilizing	O
a	O
Konovalov-created	O
AI-powered	O
language	O
translation	O
technology	O
enabling	O
simultaneous	O
translation	O
of	O
messages	O
,	O
voice	O
and	O
video	B-Application
calls	I-Application
in	O
104	O
languages	O
(	O
written	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
44	O
available	O
in	O
spoken	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
world	O
’s	O
first	O
video	B-Application
calling	I-Application
app	O
with	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
was	O
pronounced	O
a	O
competitor	O
of	O
Skype	B-Application
and	O
Viber	B-Application
by	O
Forbes	O
and	O
claimed	O
first	O
prize	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
Innovative	O
Breakthrough	O
2013	O
"	O
Competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
business-oriented	O
focus	O
,	O
DROTR	O
became	O
vidby	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
former	O
Google	B-Application
technology	O
partners	O
Konovalov	O
and	O
Rubinberg	O
remaining	O
at	O
the	O
helm	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
the	O
title	O
Co-CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
vidby	B-Application
’s	O
development	O
team	O
is	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
’s	O
founders	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
Ukraine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
technology	O
behind	O
vidby	B-Application
has	O
an	O
accuracy	O
level	O
variously	O
reported	O
as	O
up	O
to	O
99	O
percent	O
or	O
99	O
to	O
100	O
percent	O
,	O
equalling	O
the	O
highest	O
level	O
of	O
human	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
corporate	O
clients	O
of	O
vidby	B-Application
include	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
Siemens	O
,	O
Cisco	O
,	O
Kärcher	O
,	O
Generali	O
and	O
McDonald	O
’s	O
Corporation	O
;	O
an	O
academic	O
client	O
is	O
Harvard	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Cloud	O
Technology	O
Partner	O
status	O
of	O
Vidby	B-Application
was	O
confirmed	O
officially	O
after	O
a	O
6-month	O
audit	O
in	O
December	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Denys	O
Krasnikov	O
,	O
Vidby	B-Application
Co-Founder	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
cooperation	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
YouTube	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
key	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
multilingual	O
YouTube	O
channels	O
,	O
vidby	B-Application
started	O
AI	B-Application
translating	O
and	O
dubbing	O
creators	O
 '	O
videos	O
for	O
this	O
new	O
type	O
of	O
channel	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
February	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vidby	B-Application
headed	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
best	O
video	O
translation	O
services	O
as	O
named	O
by	O
TechRadar	O
Deutschland	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Tech	O
Times	O
named	O
vidby	B-Application
#1	O
in	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
best	O
such	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
these	O
lead-postion	O
rankings	O
(	O
August	O
,	O
2022	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
featured	O
as	O
Business	O
Insider	O
’s	O
special	O
start-up	B-Application
recommendation	O
(	O
German	O
:	O
"	O
Unser	O
Lesetipp	O
auf	O
Gründerszene	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
