New AI agent set to take on OpenAI, Anthropic

DeepL is changing its game, moving beyond translation and writing tools with an AI agent designed to automate everyday business tasks. 

The company announced Wednesday the release of its first general-purpose AI assistant equipped with the company’s “precise understanding of language and context,” which DeepL said will change the game when it comes to how businesses get work done.

Currently valued at $2 billion, the German company launched in 2017 and was solely focused on AI-powered translation services, until now. 

The launch signals DeepL’s biggest shift yet, bringing the trusted translation service into the crowded enterprise AI space, positioning it against big players including Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and Salesforce. 

“DeepL Agent can understand your instructions in almost any language, just as easily as a co-worker can,” the company posted on X. “It can tackle almost any task you would use a computer for, and it’s able to integrate with your existing tools, systems and workflows so that it can start assisting you straight away. “

DeepL is already an expert in solving complex language problems, a focus the company said gives the new agent an edge when it comes to reasoning and collaboration. 

The company said that, unlike other AI agents, the DeepL Agent was specifically developed for business use and can take on almost any computer tasks from navigating systems and websites to planning work, solving problems and even making and executing decisions.