Jilo AI
AI that converts Uzbek speech to text with 98% accuracy
AI / MLB2C / B2BTashkent
Jilo AI adds subtitles to video. Global tools subtitle Uzbek at 40-50% accuracy; Jilo AI reaches 98% and follows Uzbek spelling rules, handling o', g', the apostrophe and compound words correctly. It runs on the web at caption.uz, as a Telegram bot and as an Adobe Premiere Pro plugin. The same language-AI engine will power automatic video clipping, dubbing and voice search.
Traction
UZS 13.8M
Revenue to date
201
Paying customers
4,964
Users
UZS 69K
Average order
- Started Jan 2026; first paying customer in May; 201 paying customers by 4 Oct 2026 (55 active subscriptions)
- Plans: Free 5 min/month; Pro $8/month (100 min); Max 5x $13/month (500 min); Max 20x $34/month (2,000 min)
The problem
Subtitling Uzbek video is slow and costly. YouTube, CapCut and other global tools recognise Uzbek at 40-50% accuracy, so creators fix every sentence by hand and a one-hour video takes hours.
- Global tools recognise Uzbek at 40-50% accuracy
- Every sentence has to be corrected by hand
- A one-hour video takes several hours to subtitle
- Subtitles are no longer an extra but a necessity
The solution
Today: automatic Uzbek subtitles at 98% accuracy (caption.uz, Telegram bot, Premiere Pro plugin). This is what 201 customers have paid for. Next: automatic clipping and dubbing on the same engine, then Central Asian languages.
- Accuracy - 98% on Uzbek speech
- Spelling - Handles o', g', apostrophes and compound words
- Web, bot and plugin - caption.uz, a Telegram bot and an Adobe Premiere Pro plugin
- Next - Automatic clipping and dubbing on the same engine, then Central Asian languages
The company
What makes it different
The edge is technology, not price
For global AI tools Uzbek is a second-tier language; Jilo AI was built for Uzbek from the start. The same language-AI engine will also power automatic clipping, dubbing and voice search.
Who it's for
- Creators who regularly publish video in Uzbek: bloggers, SMM specialists and video editors
- Small media studios
How it makes money
- Free: 5 minutes a month
- Pro: $8 a month for 100 minutes
- Max 5x: $13 a month for 500 minutes; Max 20x: $34 a month for 2,000 minutes
Market
26,000+
Active video bloggers, Uzbekistan
60M+
Central Asia population (expansion)
Video in Uzbekistan is growing fast across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and podcasts, and AI is now cheap and mature, yet global models still do not fully understand Uzbek. Next, the platform will be adapted to Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik and Turkmen.
Competitors
- Global tools - CapCut, Submagic, Opus Clip, Veed, YouTube auto-captions: built for major languages, 40-50% on Uzbek.
- Doing it by hand - Writing the subtitles yourself or hiring a freelance editor.
Founders
Five years as designer and media specialist at the Youth Affairs Agency, working on presentations delivered to the President and the visual communication of major government projects. Videos made for the Agency drew up to 9M+ views.
Zohid built Jilo AI (first launched as UzCaption) to fix a daily problem: subtitling Uzbek video meant correcting every sentence by hand. Built the product first for personal use, then took it to market.
Developed the web platform, Telegram bot, Adobe Premiere Pro plugin and AI integrations with AI-assisted coding. Started in January 2026 and reached the first paying customer in May, outside working hours.
Diyorjon Adashov
CTO at Jilo AI
Background
- Designer and media specialist, Youth Affairs Agency: 5 years
- Worked on presentations delivered to the President
- Videos with 9M+, 8M+, 7M+, 4M+, 3M+ and 1M+ views
- Built caption.uz, a Telegram bot and a Premiere Pro plugin with AI-assisted coding
I still use Caption.uz myself every day.
Milestones
- 3 SepCTO joined; advice on segmentation from a Cornell professor
- 5 Sep112 paying customers and UZS 8,353,000 in total revenue; 3.3% conversion
- 11-13 SepPricing model v3.1 introduced; sales up 4x; UZS 9,795,000 in total revenue
- 16 SepPassed UZS 10 million in total revenue
- 19-20 SepRender system fixed step by step, reaching a 97% success rate
- 22 SepUZS 10,517,970 in total revenue, 157 paying customers and 4,195 users
- 4 Oct201 paying customers (55 active subscriptions), 4,964 users and UZS 13.8M in total revenue
The round
$30,000
raising - for 5%
Use of funds
Product and Uzbek language-AI engine
17%
User acquisition and marketing
33%
Team (salaries)
36%
Operations and reserve
14%
