Hashi is a small, portable robot that sits in the room as an interpreter between people who don’t share a language. It listens to both sides and uses a live language model to translate in real time. It introduces each party with the right level of politeness: keigo for the Japanese side and polite English for the foreign side. It can also pull up market data or company information during the conversation. A companion app records a bilingual transcript that anyone can switch between languages and search later. It costs less than a human interpreter, it already knows your business, and it feels more personal than passing a phone back and forth. It works for business meetings, for community groups, and for cultural sites like temples.
