HappyScribe

We turned speech into text. Now we're turning conversations into intelligence.

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1-20 employees
  • B2C
  • B2B
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Languages
  • SaaS
  • Automation
Vila de Gràcia, Barcelona, Spain

Company mission

To build the #1 Audiovisual Platform by combining AI with trusted language experts to produce high-quality transcriptions, subtitles, and closed captions at speed.

36% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Transcription and subtitling services are required in many different industries to support today’s international business landscape, and whilst this sounds simple, it is often difficult to find an effective solution. Whilst there are many transcription and subtitling services online, they are usually expensive when accurate, inaccurate when cheap, and lack the tools that companies need to apply them effectively.

Happy Scribe provides an AI-driven transcription and subtitling service online, allowing users to translate its automated services across over 60 languages, integrate and apply it through an interactive editing tool, and integrate it with APIs such as Youtube's closed captions. The company claims its automated AI-driven solution is up to 85% accurate, but users can pay for human-interrupted services to reach 99%+ accuracy.

Whilst Happy Scribe will inevitably face competition from existing transcription solutions, the company still shows a cutting edge by providing an end-to-end online workflow and deployment toolkit. Furthermore, by employing a workforce of translators and language experts, the company’s human-interrupted AI transcription solution goes beyond the language capabilities of existing services.

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Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • ✨ Have an impact on millions of people — Change how users and language professionals make transcriptions, translations and subtitles
  • 👫 Work with a small team of bright people — When we talk with most people, they have a hard time understanding how we got so far with so few people
  • 🤝 A company culture built on trust, autonomy, and independence
  • 🛫 Infinite runway, no investment pressure — We are 100% bootstrapped and profitable. Every penny spent comes from happy customers who are paying for a product they value. Many tech companies are laying off staff because they grew too fast and need funding to survive. We prioritised profitability and sustainable growth, and are not impacted by funding shortage
  • 🍽️ We're remote-first, office-encouraged — We work asynchronously and with high trust, but value in-person collaboration for creativity and speed.
  • ⏱️ Flexible working hours — Work on the schedule that makes you the most happy and productive
  • 🏰 Beautiful office in Gràcia — One of the best areas in Barcelona. Our offices are much more than just a place to work. We like to see them alive 24/7, filled with friends and creative activities. Want to organise a community event, a breakfast with other designers, developers, etc.? The place is yours
  • 🌏 International, English-only speaking environment — We're building an international team and want to create an inclusive environment where anyone can join any conversation at any time, even if it’s just kitchen talk. That's why you'll find Italian, French or Catalan people talking in English to each other
  • 📈 Equity — By joining the company when the team is so small, you’re helping us set the foundations of our future success. We're asking you to come on an adventure, so if we find a treasure, we want you to get a piece
  • 🏖️ 30 days vacation time — To relax and recharge your batteries whenever you need to
  • 💻 The hardware that you need to be most productive.
  • 🍏 Private Health Insurance — We have partnered with Alan to best take care of our team both in Barcelona and while they’re on the road, covering half of the full price of the medical coverage
  • 💳 Monthly savings — Use part of your gross salary for meals, public transport, or nursery services through Cobee and enjoy income tax savings on everyday expenses

Leadership

André Bastié

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Received a Master of Science in Electronic Commerce from Dublin City University in 2017. Experience as Sales Consultant for Intuit.

Marc Assens Reina

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Former Research Intern at Dublin City University, worked in Challenge Based Innovation at CERN, and was a Software Engineer Intern at elBulliFoundation.