DeepL named to 2025 Forbes Cloud 100 list for the third year in a row

AI leader recognized for its innovative products driving greater collaboration, productivity and growth for 200,000+ business customers worldwide including Softbank Robotics, Mazda, and more

NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DeepL, a global AI product and research company, has been named to the Forbes 2025 Cloud 100, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, published by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners. This marks DeepL's third consecutive year on the list.

"It's an honor to be named to the Forbes Cloud 100 for the third year in a row – especially this year, which has been a big one for DeepL as we push into exciting new territory," said Jarek Kutylowski, CEO and Founder of DeepL. "Our focus has always been on building AI tools that tackle the challenges faced by global businesses today. The core of this is, of course, our Language AI platform which is trusted by hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide to improve communication, collaboration and growth. This award validates both the impact we've made for our customers with this technology, as well as our position as a leader in purpose-built AI. Looking ahead, we're excited to take our impact even further with DeepL Agent, our brand new general-purpose AI agent for businesses, along with continued innovations to our Language AI tools."

The Cloud 100 reviews submissions from hundreds of cloud startups and private companies each year. The Cloud 100 evaluation process involved ranking companies across four factors: market leadership (35%), estimated valuation (30%), operating metrics (20%), and people & culture (15%). For market leadership, the Cloud 100 enlists the help of a judging panel of public cloud company CEOs who assist in evaluating and ranking their private company peers.

"For the last decade, the Forbes Cloud 100 list has recognized the most innovative private cloud companies in the world, and this year's standouts are among the most impressive we've ever seen," said Richard Nieva, the Forbes editor of the Cloud 100. "Our honorees highlight the massive sea change that AI has brought to the enterprise, with sky-high growth and valuations."

This recognition comes during a period of tremendous growth and transformation for DeepL, which just yesterday unveiled that it is expanding its capabilities beyond the language market with its newest product, DeepL Agent. Currently in beta within DeepL AI Labs, DeepL Agent is an autonomous, general-purpose AI agent designed to take on the time-consuming, repetitive tasks knowledge workers face every day, and brings the quality, precision and security that DeepL is known for to the rapidly growing agentic AI market.

At the same time, the company also continues to invest in strengthening the Language AI solutions it is known for. In July, DeepL expanded the capabilities of its live voice translation solution DeepL Voice with new language support, enhanced productivity features and an upcoming Zoom Meetings integration. More innovations are in the works and coming soon.

DeepL has also had a big year on the awards front. In addition to the Forbes Cloud 100, the company was featured on TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies of 2025, included on Forbes' 2025 AI 50 List and ranked #5 on Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in the Applied AI Category.

The Forbes 2025 Cloud 100 and 20 Rising Stars lists are published online at www.forbes.com/cloud100. Highlights of the list appear in the August/September 2025 issue of Forbes magazine.

About DeepL 
DeepL is a global AI product and research company focused on building secure, intelligent solutions to complex business problems. Over 200,000 business customers and millions of individuals across 228 global markets today trust DeepL's Language AI platform for human-like translation, improved writing and real-time voice translation. Building on a history of innovation, quality and security, DeepL continues to expand its offerings beyond the field of Language, including the soon to be released DeepL Agent - an autonomous AI assistant designed to transform the way businesses and knowledge workers get work done. Founded in 2017 by CEO Jaroslaw "Jarek" Kutylowski, DeepL now has over 1,000 passionate employees and is supported by world-renowned investors including Benchmark, IVP, and Index Ventures. For more information on DeepL, visit www.deepl.com.

About Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners helps entrepreneurs lay strong foundations to build and forge long-standing companies. With more than 150 IPOs and 300 portfolio companies in the enterprise, consumer and healthcare spaces, Bessemer supports founders and CEOs from their earliest days through every stage of growth. Bessemer's global portfolio has included Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, PagerDuty, DocuSign, Wix, Fiverr, Toast and ServiceTitan, and has $19 billion of assets under management. Bessemer has investment teams located in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, London, Bangalore, and Tel Aviv. Born from innovations in steel more than a century ago, Bessemer's storied history has afforded its partners the opportunity to celebrate and scrutinize its best investment decisions (see Memos) and also learn from its mistakes (see Anti-Portfolio).

About Forbes
Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it, and those who aspire to make it. Forbes convenes and curates the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 140 million people worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature LIVE and Forbes Virtual events, custom marketing programs and 43 licensed local editions in 69 countries. Forbes Media's brand extensions include real estate, education and financial services license agreements.

SOURCE DeepL