BLEND
Localization and AI data company (formerly One Hour Translation), merged into Tasq AI Jan 2026. Network of 25,000 experts. Hires freelance translators, voice actors and reviewers. Rates unpublished.
What is BLEND?
BLEND is a localization and language services company that has expanded into AI training data. Its services cover translation across content types, website and software localization, video localization, subtitling and dubbing, voice-over recording, multilingual transcription, multilingual SEO, IVR, and data enrichment for AI training, delivered through a network reported at 25,000 domain experts. It has offices in Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Bucharest, and Kyiv. The company's naming history takes some untangling. The legal entity is One Hour Translation Ltd., founded in 2008 by Lior Libman, Yaron Kaufman, Ofer Shoshan, and Oren Yagev, which later rebranded as BLEND. It raised approximately $20 million from Fortissimo Capital across a Series A in January 2014 and a Series B in March 2021. Then on 12 January 2026, BLEND merged with Tasq.ai, an AI model-training data company, and the combined business now operates under the Tasq AI name, pitching itself as a trust layer for enterprise AI by combining Tasq's Data Refinery technology with BLEND's expert network to provide human-in-the-loop validation and annotation alongside its existing localization work. Yoav Ziv, previously BLEND's chief executive and before that an executive at Amdocs and Checkmarx, leads the combined company as CEO, with Tasq.ai founder Erez Moscovich as President. The merger announcement states that localization remains a core pillar and that existing clients keep the same teams and points of contact. Note that BLEND is unrelated to Blend360, a separate data and AI consultancy that appears in similar searches.
Mission & values
Combine human language expertise with AI so companies can reach any market, and so AI systems can be validated by people who actually know the domain.
Qualifications
BLEND recruits freelancers through its talent portal at talents.getblend.com, covering translators, voice actors, linguistic experts, and content writers, with a qualification survey used to match your skills against current openings. Two live roles illustrate the range. Voice Over Talent recruits native speakers across 27 language varieties including Spanish and Portuguese variants, Arabic, and French, doing a mix of scripted reads and natural unscripted speech recorded to professional specification, which means you need your own quiet, properly equipped recording space rather than just a laptop microphone. Medical Transcript Review recruits expert speakers of Tagalog, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi, and Spanish to review clinical conversations and identify personal details requiring protection, and here a United States location is a strict client requirement that is verified, so applications from outside the US or its territories are not accepted. Three things to weigh before applying. First, voice-over applicants must complete a short unpaid sample before progressing to paid production work, which is worth knowing because unpaid qualification time is a genuine grievance across this industry, and it contrasts with platforms that pay for that stage. Second, no pay rates are published for any role, so establish your rate before committing. Third, some engagements are very short and tied to fixed date windows, with the medical review role running to roughly three and a half hours within a set few days, so treat this as irregular supplemental work rather than steady income. Given the Tasq.ai merger, expect more AI validation and annotation work alongside traditional localization.
Leadership
Yoav Ziv
Chief Executive Officer
Leads the combined BLEND and Tasq.ai business as CEO following the January 2026 merger, having previously served as BLEND's chief executive and held executive roles at Amdocs and Checkmarx.
Erez Moscovich
President (Founder, Tasq.ai)
Founded Tasq.ai, the AI model-training data company that merged with BLEND in January 2026, and serves as President of the combined business.
Hiring process
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Apply at talents.getblend.com
Freelance portal for translators, voice actors, linguistic experts, and content writers. A qualification survey matches your skills and languages to current openings.
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Check the eligibility rules carefully
Some roles carry hard restrictions. The medical transcript review role requires a verified US location and rejects applications from outside the US or its territories.
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Unpaid sample (voice-over roles)
Voice-over applicants complete a short unpaid sample before moving to paid production work. Factor that unpaid time in when deciding whether to apply.
About 5 days
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Onboarding to a project
Approved freelancers are matched to specific projects. Confirm rate, volume, and deadlines at this stage, since nothing is published publicly.
About 7 days
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Project work
Paid project work, sometimes in short date-bound engagements rather than continuous volume. Treat as supplemental rather than steady income.
Funding
Awards & recognition
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Merged with Tasq.ai to build a trust layer for enterprise AI · 2026
BLEND / Tasq.ai
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Network of around 25,000 domain experts across 27+ language varieties · 2026
BLEND
Company information
- Industry: Localization & Language Services / AI Training Data
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel (+ Los Angeles, Shanghai, Bucharest, Kyiv; freelance work remote)
- Founded: 2008
- Website: www.getblend.com ↗
- LinkedIn: Company page ↗