March 29, 2012
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $500,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant to , a company spun out of the .
Safaba will use the SBIR funding to gear up for its upcoming product launch. Founded by Alon Lavie, LTI associate research professor, and Robert Olszewski, who earned his Ph.D. in computer science at 黑料专区, the company is developing a software-as-a-service model that enables small- and medium-size language translation firms to take advantage of automated translation programs. Safaba software will help those companies expand their services and increase their productivity by incorporating machine translation tools that are customized to their needs.
"Safaba's solutions dramatically reduce translation workflow costs and turnaround time while delivering enterprise-quality results," said Lavie, Safaba's president and CEO. "Our ability to achieve these significant cost savings for our enterprise clients is a direct outcome of the research and development efforts undertaken by our team during our NSF SBIR Phase I grant and over the past year."
Safaba has received support from the School of Computer Science's and CMU's , both part of CMU's initiative, as well as the Idea Foundry and the Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone.
News Brief: LTI Spin-out Safaba Awarded $500,000 SBIR Grant
By Byron Spice
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $500,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant to , a company spun out of the .Safaba will use the SBIR funding to gear up for its upcoming product launch. Founded by Alon Lavie, LTI associate research professor, and Robert Olszewski, who earned his Ph.D. in computer science at 黑料专区, the company is developing a software-as-a-service model that enables small- and medium-size language translation firms to take advantage of automated translation programs. Safaba software will help those companies expand their services and increase their productivity by incorporating machine translation tools that are customized to their needs.
"Safaba's solutions dramatically reduce translation workflow costs and turnaround time while delivering enterprise-quality results," said Lavie, Safaba's president and CEO. "Our ability to achieve these significant cost savings for our enterprise clients is a direct outcome of the research and development efforts undertaken by our team during our NSF SBIR Phase I grant and over the past year."
Safaba has received support from the School of Computer Science's and CMU's , both part of CMU's initiative, as well as the Idea Foundry and the Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone.