ModelFront at TAUS Conference 2026: The art of mastering intelligence-as-a-utility

TAUS Conference 2026: The art of mastering intelligence-as-a-utility

October 14–16, 2026

Vancouver, Canada

ModelFront CEO Adam Bittlingmayer spoke on a panel about AI pricing and margins in translation software, and open translation management with OpenLoc (opens in a new tab), at the TAUS Conference 2026.

Who owns the AI margin?
Friday, October 16, 15:55

Translation platforms now include large language models and other AI features as standard. Some TMS providers also add their own commercial layer, like "AI units" or processing credits. So customers can end up paying for the TMS platform, the platform's AI credits, and the underlying AI provider's usage. Are buyers paying for intelligence, or for orchestration, convenience and governance? Where is value actually created, and how many margins can the ecosystem sustain? The panel discusses transparency, pricing models and how the AI value chain is changing across enterprise software.

Speakers
Adam Bittlingmayer, ModelFront
Olga Beregovaya, Smartling
Ann Huehls, Piedmont Global

Host
Dace Dzeguze, TAUS

See the full TAUS Vancouver 2026 program → (opens in a new tab)

About ModelFront

ModelFront is AI to check and fix AI translations and trigger human intervention as needed, to scale translation while keeping human quality.

Companies use ModelFront to fully automate millions of words, right inside their existing setup.

Unlike most AI providers, ModelFront provides verification (✓ or ✗), not just unverified generation, and takes responsibility for keeping human quality.

ModelFront also builds and supports OpenLoc (opens in a new tab), the open TMS built for AI, with no AI tax.

The ModelFront team was also in Vancouver the following week for LocWorld56.