We just raised $4.2 to keep building our hackathon project!

Back in December 2023, our plane almost flew through an Icelandic volcano on the way to Cornell hackathon: we missed it by just days. Back then, we had no idea we were about to build something that would change how developers ship multilingual products. We were just two engineers tired of waiting weeks for translations. Our hackathon prototype was rough - a ChatGPT wrapper that could translate JSON files. But when other developers saw it, their eyes lit up. They had the same pain. We ended up winning in two categories. Today, Lingo.dev turns translation work into automated pull requests: Git-native UI localization with automated PRs and Human-in-the-loop Open-source CLI for web/mobile teams Real-time API for dynamic content Context-aware AI that understands product terminology Built-in support for 80+ languages Just like Dependabot automated package updates, we're automating localization. What started as a weekend project is now loved by both solo hackers and enterprise teams shipping multilingual products. The most rewarding part? Seeing developers' reactions when their apps start speaking new languages automatically. One founder told us we saved them months of manual work. Another team shipped their product in 12 new languages within days. The internet is wild. You can just... build things! A weekend project can turn into infrastructure that helps developers reach users in every corner of the planet. Sometimes the scariest flights lead to the best destinations. That's why we build. That's why we ship. And we're just getting started. We're LIVE on ProductHunt today, please support! https://www.producthunt.com/posts/lingodotdev

Feb 19, 2025 - 17:14

We just raised $4.2 to keep building our hackathon project!

Back in December 2023, our plane almost flew through an Icelandic volcano on the way to Cornell hackathon: we missed it by just days.

Back then, we had no idea we were about to build something that would change how developers ship multilingual products. We were just two engineers tired of waiting weeks for translations.

Our hackathon prototype was rough - a ChatGPT wrapper that could translate JSON files. But when other developers saw it, their eyes lit up. They had the same pain. We ended up winning in two categories.

Today, Lingo.dev turns translation work into automated pull requests:

Git-native UI localization with automated PRs and Human-in-the-loop
Open-source CLI for web/mobile teams
Real-time API for dynamic content
Context-aware AI that understands product terminology
Built-in support for 80+ languages

Just like Dependabot automated package updates, we're automating localization. What started as a weekend project is now loved by both solo hackers and enterprise teams shipping multilingual products.

The most rewarding part? Seeing developers' reactions when their apps start speaking new languages automatically. One founder told us we saved them months of manual work. Another team shipped their product in 12 new languages within days.

The internet is wild. You can just... build things! A weekend project can turn into infrastructure that helps developers reach users in every corner of the planet. Sometimes the scariest flights lead to the best destinations.

That's why we build. That's why we ship. And we're just getting started.

We're LIVE on ProductHunt today, please support!
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/lingodotdev