Speak Raises $78M for Language Learning

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OpenAI-backed Speak raises $78M at $1B valuation to help users learn languages by talking out loud | TechCrunch

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Speak has raised $78 million to raise $1 billion in funding.

The startup uses AI to teach languages by listening and talking to users to improve their grasp of a language.

The funding round is being led by Accel , with previous backers OpenAI , Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator .

Hsu hinted that this could be part of the company’s plan in the long term.

Hsu : “This system we're building right now to quantify fluency and efficacy, I think [it] will be really useful for launching something like a true, actually accurate English fluency score or test.

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