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Bizarre AI Research, Perplexity Ad Blunder, New RWS Hires
24 minutes Posted Oct 24, 2025 at 8:00 am.
Intro and Agenda
InAnyLanguage Acquires Villam Language Services
Perplexity Copies OpenAI Localization Manager Ad
RWS Announces Strategic Leadership Hires
Visual Data Names New SVP Worldwide Localization
Bizarre Research on AI Translation
Podcast Recommendations on AI and LLMs
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Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the week, with congratulations to Villam Language Services on its sale to InAnyLanguage. Slator served as joint exclusive advisor with Maveria Advisory, representing Villam throughout the end-to-end M&A process. The duo turns to Perplexity’s Localization Manager job posting, which they found almost identical to OpenAI’s earlier post, down to matching structure, order, and phrasing. They question whether copying such a specific ad sh...