DeepL Translate

DeepL Translate is a leading artificial intelligence language translation service developed by DeepL SE, a German company headquartered in Cologne. Originally emerging from the Linguee dictionary project founded in 2009 by Dr. Gereon Frahling, the brand officially launched its neural machine translation service in 2017 under the leadership of CEO and co-founder Jaroslaw Kutylowski.

As of 2026, DeepL remains an independent European AI champion, having transitioned from a private GmbH to a Societas Europaea (SE) to facilitate its international growth. While the company is backed by prominent venture capital firms including Index Ventures, IVP, and Benchmark, it is primarily controlled by its founders and management. The software is engineered and hosted using high-performance computing infrastructure located in Germany and Iceland, with the latter utilizing renewable hydropower to run its translation algorithms.