News Summary

Cisco, the networking giant, has acquired EzDubs, a Y Combinator-backed startup specializing in real-time translation services. Founded in 2023 by Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, Amrutavarsh Kinagi, and Kareem Nassar, EzDubs was supported by seed funding of $4.2 million from Venture Highway and other notable investors. Cisco plans to integrate EzDubs’ technology into its communication platform, Cisco Collaboration, to offer features like live translation in Webex and potentially make it available to partners and developers. This move is part of a trend of acquisitions in the translation market, which is valued at approximately $40 billion, highlighting the growing demand for enterprise communication solutions over consumer-focused translation services.