Pinch
Pinch is a YC Winter 2025 (W25) company. Based in Remote. Team of 3.
About Pinch
Summary
Pinch builds an AI dubbing and live translation API for developers. The dubbing product translates video and audio into 10 languages while preserving the original speaker's voice, tone, and background audio. The live translation product converts speech in real time for meetings, webinars, and browser audio, replacing manual localization workflows and human interpreters.
Business model
$0.50 per minute for dubbing, with a free tier of $5 in credits on sign-up; live translation is available via API.
Go-to-market
Developers and media producers adopt the product self-serve through a browser-based studio and REST API, with a no-card-required free tier to start.
From the Y Combinator listing
Real-time AI Voice Translation for Developers
Robust live speech translation models with 50+ languages and simple integration
Facts
- B2B / B2B -> Productivity
- Remote
- 3
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
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