# Andrew Bredenkamp

> Andrew Bredenkamp is the co-founder and former CEO of Acrolinx, the enterprise language technology company now known as Markup AI. He chairs CLEAR Global, leads CLEAR Tech, and advises organizations working on language technology and digital inclusion. His career combines translation and linguistics, AI research, entrepreneurship and work on widening access to information.

- **Role:** Board Chair at CLEAR Global; CEO at CLEAR Tech
- **Organizations:** Acrolinx (now Markup AI), CLEAR Global, CLEAR Tech, Translators without Borders, DFKI, University of Essex, Precision Development, Lanfrica
- **Education:** BA, Translation, University of Westminster, MA, Technical Translation, University of Westminster, MA, Linguistics, UCL, PhD, Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing, University of Essex
- **Known for:** Co-founded Acrolinx and led its development into an enterprise content governance business., Chaired Translators without Borders and subsequently CLEAR Global., Co-authored academic research on language processing and a 2026 proposal for more inclusive language AI.

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Co-authored Efficient Integrated Tagging of Word Constructs, presented at COLING-96.
- **1997-2001** — Head of technology transfer at DFKI’s Language Technology Lab.
- **2002** — Co-founded Acrolinx with Sabine Lehmann and Hans Uszkoreit.
- **2010** — Joined the Translators without Borders board.
- **2015** — Succeeded Lori Thicke as Translators without Borders board chair in October.
- **2017** — Led Acrolinx when GENUI completed a majority acquisition and growth investment transaction of approximately $60 million.
- **2020** — Handed the Acrolinx CEO role to Volker Smid and announced a non-operational board and strategy role.
- **2026** — Co-authored A Roadmap for AI That Speaks the World’s Languages, published March 13.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Acrolinx and led its development into an enterprise content governance business.
- Chaired Translators without Borders and subsequently CLEAR Global.
- Co-authored academic research on language processing and a 2026 proposal for more inclusive language AI.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Published A Roadmap for AI That Speaks the World’s Languages with Daniel Björkegren and Han Sheng Chia on March 13.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewbredenkamp/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/abredenkamp

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Last updated: 2026-10-25