Why we rebuilt our transcription engine from scratch
Engineering

Why we rebuilt our transcription engine from scratch

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Ari Nakamura

March 28, 2026 · 6 min read

Our original engine was good enough. But good enough was leaving accuracy on the table in exactly the moments that mattered most.


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Ari Nakamura

Co-founder & CTO

Ari leads engineering at Nebula. Previously built transcription systems used by millions at a speech recognition startup.