Alugha with headquarters in

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is Germany's only open

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and the first

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video hosting platform on which online videos can be converted into multilingual formats.

History

Alugha GmbH was founded in 2014 by the families of Bernd Korz and the chairman of the

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of Duravit and shareholder of the Röchling Group, Gregor Greinert. The beginnings of Alugha (

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"A" and Swahili "lugha") go back to the year 2012. At that time, Korz had a

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channel on which he published tutorial videos on how to remodel a farmhouse and later videos on computer topics. As the demand for multilingual videos increased, Korz decided to use subtitles, as no video portal offered the option to change the language while watching the video. But this solution was not optimal and he came up with the idea to implement the option to change the language while the video is playing. Since the development of a prototype would have cost 800,000 euros, Korz's then 15-year-old son Niklas developed the prototype. In March 2015, Alugha released the first version of the platform.

Awards

* Innovation Hub Tata Communications, Winner 2020Tata Group
Alugha GmbH

External links

Website Alugha

References

{{reflist Computer companies established in 2014 Companies based in Mannheim Video hosting German companies established in 2014