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SDL

Other B2B Software · Maidenhead, United Kingdom · Founded 1992 · IPO 1999 Unicorn

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Valuation

$1.13B

Market cap · 2026

Revenue

$129M

Latest reported FY

Global footprint

Where SDL has talent and traffic

AI talent share

0.1% of workforce is AI talent
(2 of 2,654 staff)

Core AI10.04%

Other AI10.04%

Non-AI workforce2,65299.92%

Patent intelligence

$13M patent portfolio · 50 active families

Total estimated portfolio value via Dealroom Patent Intelligence (Patsnap), with quality scores compared against same-sector peers.

Estimated portfolio value

$13M

1.2% of market cap · 3.6× smaller than top peer Qlik ($48M)

50 active patent families

Where SDL innovates Human languageLength waveLight beamSemiconductorLaser diode

Above peer median on Legal

Quality vs same-sector peers

SDL on the five Patsnap quality dimensions

SDL in orange. Same-sector peers are the top filers by total patent value. All scores 0–100; higher is stronger.

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Patent quality scores (0–100)

Source: Dealroom Patent Intelligence · Patsnap

Tech-focus vs peers

Where SDL concentrates inside the peer cluster

Axes are the most-shared Patsnap topics across SDL and its top peers. Each polygon's reach on an axis = how prominent that topic is in that company's portfolio (#1 topic = 100, #10 = 10, absent = 0).

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Top-topic prominence (rank inverted, 0–100)

Source: Dealroom Patent Intelligence · Patsnap top-10 topics per company

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