Matecat was created through a European Union-funded research project led by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) together with Translated, founded by Marco Trombetti and Isabelle Andrieu, plus the University of Edinburgh and Université du Maine. It was built to make professional translation faster by combining human expertise with AI-powered translation technology. Today, Matecat is a free, open-source, web-based CAT (Computer-Assisted Translation) tool that helps translators, agencies, and businesses translate documents more efficiently using translation memories, adaptive machine translation, terminology management, and real-time collaboration. Users love its clean interface, support for more than 80 file formats, secure cloud access, and the ability to work from any browser without installing software. Best of all, Matecat is completely free, offering unlimited users, projects, and access to all core features with no paid subscription required.