Pinch

Pinch provides real-time speech translation and AI dubbing technology for video, podcasts, and live conversations across 10 languages. It offers a dubbing API, Rooms for live interpretation, and a desktop solution, all designed to preserve voice and timing.

Pinch offers three main usage modes: Dubbing (translate and dub video/audio while preserving the original voice), Rooms (video meetings with a built-in AI interpreter accessible via web or desktop), and a Dubbing API (real-time speech translation and voice-preserving dubbing accessible via WebSocket with SDKs for Node, Python, and browser). Pricing is pay-as-you-go with balance-based billing across API, Desktop, and Rooms; per-minute rates apply for each product and a $5 starting credit is provided.

Who it’s for: Developers building speech products, teams needing real-time cross-language translation in meetings, and creators/dubbers who want voice-preserving translation for videos and podcasts.

Public pricing pages with multiple product offerings and $5 starting credit; multiple product integrations (API, Rooms, Desktop) indicate active product development and go-to-market traction; mentions of hiring/research lab, and notes about custom enterprise arrangements. No explicit funding round details in the provided text besides YC-backed mention.