When was KUDO founded?

KUDO was founded in 2017 and raised its 1st funding round 3 years after it was founded.

Where is KUDO located?

KUDO is headquartered in New York, United States.

Who is the current CEO of KUDO?

Fardad Zabetian of KUDO. They have also founded 1 company and are an angel investors in 1 startup.

How many employees does KUDO have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at KUDO is 187.

Is KUDO a funded company?

KUDO is a funded company, having raised a total of $27M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jul 22, 2020.

When was the latest funding round of KUDO?

KUDO's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Mar 30, 2021, with participation from 6 investors.

Where does KUDO rank among its competitors?

KUDO ranks 3rd amongst 25 active competitors, of which 6 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Synthesia, which secured $200M in Oct, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of KUDO?

KUDO's top competitors include Synthesia, Interprefy and Voyce. Among them, Synthesia secured the most recent funding round in October, 2025.

KUDO - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Multilingual video conferencing platform that provides real time language interpretation solutions. It is a web conferencing platform that offers human and AI powered live translation capabilities, enabling communication across multiple languages. The company provides a suite of solutions for online meetings, events, and presentations with features such as interpreter booking, recording, captioning and streaming videos, manage attendees, dialects generation, voting and polling tool, auto floor detection, screen and document sharing, meeting reports and analytics, and more. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.

Website: kudo.ai
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Email ID: *****@kudo.ai
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2017

Location

New York, United States

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$27M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Mar 30, 2021, $*****

Investors

Felicis Ventures & 8 more

Ranked

3^rd among 25 active competitors

Employee Count

187 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Synthesia & 31 more

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KUDO has raised a total funding of $27M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 22, 2020. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Mar 30, 2021 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. KUDO has 8 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of KUDO:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 30, 2021	5103013	Series A	4487693	7875443	7484517	4757936
Jul 22, 2020	3980013	Seed	9753901	1295014	Felicis Ventures	ID8 Investments & 3 more

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The founders of KUDO are Fardad Zabetian and Annabelle Gazzo Zabetian. Fardad Zabetian is the CEO of KUDO.

Here are the details of KUDO's key team members:

Fardad Zabetian: Co-Founder & CEO of KUDO and founder of 2 other companies, Conference Rental and KUDO. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses
Annabelle Gazzo Zabetian: Co-Founder of KUDO.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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KUDO's employee count trend

KUDO has 187 employees as of Jul 26. Here is KUDO's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of KUDO include Synthesia, Interprefy and Voyce. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of KUDO, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Synthesia 2017, London (United Kingdom), Series E	Developer of software for generating videos using artificial intelligence avatars	$536M	Accel, Google Ventures & 34 others	69/100
2nd	Interprefy 2014, Zurich (Switzerland), Seed	Provides a cloud-based platform for remote simultaneous interpreting	$5.28M	Swisscom, Technologiefonds	63/100
3rd	KUDO 2017, New York (United States), Series A	Multilingual video conferencing platform that provides real time language interpretation solutions	$27M	Maverick Ventures, Global Founders Capital ... & 7 others	62/100
4th	Voyce 2017, Fort Lauderdale (United States), Acquired	Provider of VRI/OPI Interpreter Services	-	-	46/100
5th	Total Language 2017, Dover (United States), Unfunded	Provider of video remote interpretation systems	-	-	32/100
6th	RTT Mobile Interpretation 2010, Nashville (United States), Seed	Provider of mobile live interpretation services	$2.7M	-	32/100
7th	Viva Translate 2020, Stanford (United States), Seed	AI-powered real-time translation platform for virtual meetings	$4M	General Catalyst, Hyphen Capital & 8 others	31/100
8th	iTerpret 2010, New York City (United States), Unfunded	Provider of video remote interpreting services	-	-	26/100
9th	OUispeak 2017, Aix en provence (France), Funding Raised	Provider of human video interpreter services	-	P.Factory	26/100
10th	Remote Interpretation 2018, Sydney (Australia), Unfunded	Cloud based video remote interpreting platform	-	-	24/100