Jarek Kutylowski
Also known as Jarosław Kutylowski, Jarosław Kutyłowski
Jarek Kutylowski is DeepL’s founder and CEO, and he leads a company that builds language AI. Born in Poland, he moved to Germany at age 12. He studied computer science in Wrocław, earned a doctorate at Paderborn, worked at Axit, Vodafone, and Andagon, then joined Linguee as technology director in 2012. At Linguee, he organized a team around neural networks for translation and founded DeepL in 2017. In November 2024, he presented DeepL Voice for real-time spoken translation; as of October 2026, he remains the company’s CEO.
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Timeline
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1983
Moving from Poland to Germany
He is born in Poland in 1983 and moves to Germany at age 12.
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By 2012
Computer science and a doctorate
Before joining Linguee, he studies computer science in Wrocław, earns a doctorate at Paderborn, and works at Axit, Vodafone, and Andagon. He joins Linguee as technology director in 2012.
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2012–2017
Exploring neural translation
At Linguee, he organizes a team around neural networks for machine translation. In 2017, he begins work on DeepL.
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2017
Founding DeepL
He founds DeepL in 2017 as a company that builds AI for language.
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2019
Becoming DeepL CEO
In July 2019, he becomes CEO of DeepL.
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November 2024
Introducing DeepL Voice
In November 2024, he presents DeepL Voice, a tool for real-time translation of spoken language.
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As of October 2026
Leading DeepL
As of October 2026, he is DeepL’s CEO and founder, and the company builds language AI for business.
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