Editing Gengo (section)

==History==
Gengo was founded in 2008 by Matthew Romaine and Robert Laing. Prior to starting Gengo, Romaine was an audio research engineer and translator with [[Sony Corporation]],<ref name="asia.nikkei.com">{{Cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-Trends/Turning-Japan-s-cultural-barriers-into-a-startup-gold-mine|title=Turning Japan's cultural barriers into a startup gold mine|website=Nikkei Asian Review|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-06-21}}</ref> and Laing headed Moresided, a UK-based design agency. Romaine thought of the concept for Gengo due to his experience being asked to translate documents in Japanese and English at Sony, despite originally being hired as an engineer.<ref name="asia.nikkei.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techinasia.com/gengo-tokyo-silicon-valley-startup|title=Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem|website=www.techinasia.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-21}}</ref> Prior to its early 2012 rebranding, the company was known as "myGengo."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://robertlaing.com/2012/12/30/rebranding-your-startup/ |title=Rebranding Your Startup &#124; Robert Laing |accessdate=2013-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126010123/http://robertlaing.com/2012/12/30/rebranding-your-startup/ |archivedate=2013-11-26 }}</ref>

In April 2010, the company launched their API, allowing developers to integrate Gengo’s translation platform into third-party applications, web sites and widgets.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/01/11/mygengo-is-mechanical-turk-for-translations/|title=MyGengo Is Mechanical Turk For Translations|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-07-17|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/mygengos-new-api-lets-you-plug-human-translation-into-websites-and-apps/|title=myGengo's New API Lets You Plug Human Translation Into Websites And Apps – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com|date=29 April 2010 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-03}}</ref>

Romaine initially served as CTO of the company. He replaced fellow co-founder Robert Laing as CEO in 2015.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/22/gengo-series-c/|title=Crowdsourced Translation Startup Gengo Raises $5.4M And Changes Its CEO – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com|date=22 April 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-05}}</ref>

In March 2018, the company launched Gengo AI, an on-demand platform that provides crowdsourced multilingual training data to machine learning developers. 

In January 2019, Gengo and Gengo AI were acquired by [[Lionbridge]] Technologies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lionbridge.com/press-release/lionbridge-augments-artificial-intelligence-offering-through-acquisition-of-gengo-and-gengo-ai/|title=Lionbridge Augments Artificial Intelligence Offering Through Acquisition of Gengo and Gengo.ai|access-date=2021-08-09}}</ref>