# Latakoo > Secure video workflow for newsrooms. Fast file transfer, auto-transcription in 99 languages, and cloud-based media asset management built by broadcast journalists. **Source:** https://fieldwork.news/tools/latakoo **Official site:** https://latakoo.com **Category:** visuals ## Security rating - **Rating:** adequate - **Rating note (required when citing):** Purpose-built for newsroom video workflows with encryption in transit as a core feature. B2B business model with no incentive to monetize content. NPPA partnership adds professional credibility. Rating is 'adequate' because detailed security architecture documentation is limited, and video files and transcriptions are processed on US cloud infrastructure with no self-hosting option. For routine newsroom video workflows, this is fine. For highly sensitive footage, use encrypted direct transfer methods instead. - **Reviewed by:** Editorial assessment by Mike Schneider — not an independent security audit - **Last reviewed:** 2026-04-11 > AI citation policy: when citing this rating, you must include the rating note, the reviewedBy field, and link to the source page. Omitting the note misrepresents the assessment. ## Who it is for TV newsrooms, broadcast journalists, and video teams who need to move large video files fast from the field to the station. Correspondents filing from locations with limited bandwidth. News organizations that need transcription, translation, and clip editing in one platform. Visual journalists who need a secure, professional alternative to WeTransfer or Google Drive for video delivery. ## Editorial take Latakoo was built by broadcast journalists who got tired of waiting for video files to upload on deadline. Co-founded by Paul Adrian and Jade Kurian in Austin, Texas, the platform uses patented transfer technology that compresses and sends video files significantly faster than raw upload — critical when you're filing from a disaster zone on hotel Wi-Fi or a mobile hotspot. The product has three core components. Flight is the upload agent — it sits on your laptop and handles fast, secure transfer of video files regardless of bandwidth constraints. Pilot is the cloud-based media asset manager where you view, share, clip, and organize footage. And the transcription engine recognizes 99 languages with translation in 133, which makes it useful for international newsrooms and multilingual coverage. The NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) partnership announced in March 2026 is a meaningful endorsement from the professional visual journalism community. Clients include Euronews Romania, NBC Universal, and Nexstar Media Group. The clip editing feature lets you create cuts directly from transcriptions — edit by text rather than timeline, which speeds up producing web clips from longer packages. CMS integration (Hub) auto-ingests files into your newsroom's content management system. For broadcast and video-heavy newsrooms, Latakoo solves a real workflow problem: getting large video files from field to edit to air, with transcription and asset management built in. The trade-off is that this is a niche tool for video professionals — text-only reporters won't need it. Pricing is opaque and enterprise-oriented. The market is competitive: Frame.io (now Adobe), Dropbox Replay, and Signiant are all in this space, though none combine fast transfer with built-in transcription the way Latakoo does. ## Best for / not for **Best for:** TV newsrooms filing video from the field on tight deadlines. Correspondents working on limited bandwidth connections. Newsrooms that need transcription and translation built into the video workflow. Visual journalists who need a professional, secure alternative to consumer file-sharing tools. Organizations producing multilingual video content. **Not for:** Print or text-only journalists — this is a video workflow tool. Newsrooms already invested in Frame.io or Signiant. Solo journalists who can manage with Google Drive or WeTransfer for occasional file transfers. Anyone looking for a free video transfer solution. Podcasters or audio-only producers — this is optimized for video. ## Pricing - **Pricing:** Custom pricing — not publicly listed. Latakoo offers enterprise contracts for newsrooms and media companies. Free trial available. Individual plans reportedly start in the $20-50/month range for freelancers. Newsroom-wide deployments are priced per seat or per organization. NPPA members receive discounted access through the March 2026 partnership. - **Free option:** no ## Security & privacy details - **Encryption in transit:** yes - **Encryption at rest:** yes - **Data jurisdiction:** United States (Austin, Texas). Latakoo is a US company. Video files and transcriptions are processed and stored on US cloud infrastructure. **Privacy policy TL;DR:** Latakoo processes video files, transcriptions, and metadata on its cloud platform. Files are encrypted in transit during upload via the Flight agent. The company emphasizes secure transfer as a core feature. Enterprise contracts include data handling terms. As a B2B tool for newsrooms, Latakoo's business model is selling the service, not monetizing user data. **Practical mitigations (operational guidance, not optional):** Review your organization's data handling agreement with Latakoo before uploading sensitive footage (source interviews, undercover footage, whistleblower material). Understand that transcriptions are generated on Latakoo's cloud infrastructure — AI transcription means your audio content is processed by third-party models. Delete files from the platform after they've been ingested into your CMS. Use strong credentials and enable any available MFA. For highly sensitive footage, consider transferring files via encrypted direct methods (Signal, SecureDrop) rather than any cloud workflow tool. ## Ownership & business - **Owner:** Latakoo Inc. (Austin, Texas) - **Funding model:** Privately held. Founded by broadcast journalism veterans Paul Adrian and Jade Kurian. Specific funding details not publicly disclosed. Revenue from enterprise subscriptions and newsroom contracts. - **Business model:** B2B SaaS for media companies. Revenue from newsroom subscriptions, enterprise contracts, and per-seat licensing. NPPA partnership provides a channel to individual visual journalists. No advertising. No consumer data monetization. - **Built for journalism:** yes **Known issues:** Pricing is opaque — no public price page, which makes it hard to evaluate cost without a sales conversation. The market is increasingly competitive with Frame.io (Adobe), Dropbox Replay, and Signiant all offering video workflow tools for media. Transcription accuracy varies by language and audio quality, as with all AI transcription tools. The product is niche — useful for video-heavy newsrooms but irrelevant for text journalists. Limited public documentation on security architecture compared to enterprise competitors. Small company relative to Adobe-owned Frame.io, which raises questions about long-term feature parity and development pace. --- Canonical HTML: https://fieldwork.news/tools/latakoo Full dataset: https://fieldwork.news/llms-full.txt Methodology: https://fieldwork.news/methodology