Speak

Speak builds an AI-powered language tutor designed to help people learn to speak a new language conversationally, rather than through vocabulary drills and grammar exercises. The company works across artificial intelligence, natural language processing and conversational AI, applying them to language learning technology. Its app ranks as the number one English learning app in South Korea. The company estimates that more than 2 billion people are currently trying to learn a language.

Speak employs about 130 people and has raised over $150 million in funding. Its team is distributed across five cities in several countries: San Francisco, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei and Ljubljana. Employees include people with previous experience at Meta, Google and DoorDash.

Speak operates in the education technology, language learning and consumer app sectors. The company describes its culture as mission-driven, focused on reinventing how people learn languages, and oriented toward ambitious growth.