SlatorPod

About SlatorPod

SlatorPod is the weekly language industry podcast where we discuss the most important news and trends in translation, localization, interpreting, and language AI. Brought to you by Slator.com.

Publisher

Slator

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Dec 2019

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

296 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026

   #296 Toloka CTO on AI Training Data’s Next Frontier

   Artem Grigorev, CTO of AI data company Toloka, joins SlatorPod to discuss the growing importance of human expertise in AI development, the shift toward smaller specialized models, and the challenges of evaluating AI performance. Grigorev explains that while computing power and model capabilities attract significant attention, high-quality training data remains fundamental to AI progress. As models become more sophisticated, data creation has shifted from simple annotation tasks to complex, ex...

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   #295 Why ModelFront Is Launching a Free, AI-Native TMS

   Adam Bittlingmayer, CEO and co-founder of ModelFront, joins SlatorPod to discuss the state of the art in enterprise AI translation and the language technology platform’s (LTP) launch of an AI-native open translation management system (TMS). Bittlingmayer says translation can appear solved when an AI model is given enough context and the right prompt, but providing that context consistently within complex enterprise localization workflows remains difficult. Enterprise teams must account for di...

3. 

   25 Sept 2026

   #294 Voice AI for Brands and Media with AudioStack CTO Peadar Coyle

   On SlatorPod, AudioStack Co-Founder and CTO Peadar Coyle discusses what it takes to deploy voice AI at enterprise scale, from localization and domain expertise to human oversight. Peadar explains how AudioStack enables brands, governments, and media companies to produce localized audio across accents, regions, languages, and individual products. Rather than betting on a single voice model, the company works with multiple providers, treating models as building blocks and selecting them accordi...

Who has been a guest on SlatorPod

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dmitrii Sandzhiev
• Iurii Agafonov
• Artur Nowakowski
• Sean Hopwood
• Sharath Narayana

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

316,775

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

90

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