NPR · Reporting
Oct 7, 2026
Vertical + Enterprise · Private company · Deployment
Speak
✓ VerifiedSpeak matters because language learning is one of the clearest consumer AI categories where voice interaction and personalization actually improve the core product experience.
San Francisco, USFounded 2016No public API trackedWeekly review target
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Expanded to Chinese in June 2026 while continuing to build a voice-agent platform for personalized conversation practice.
Focus: AI-powered language learning through conversation practice and feedback
Latest funding
$78M
Series C · source-backed
Tracked funding
$78M
Sum of itemized funding events
Latest valuation
Not tracked
No source-backed record
Latest revenue
Not tracked
Deployment lifecycle position
Editorially verified updates
What changed
Expanded to Chinese in June 2026 while continuing to build a voice-agent platform for personalized conversation practice.
External coverage of Speak
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Last checked Oct 18, 2026.
NPR · Reporting
Jul 26, 2026
Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
Funding, valuation, revenue, and debt are kept separate so unlike measurements are never presented as one trend.
Records
1
Sum of recorded funding
$78M
Coverage
partial
Partial history: earlier or intervening rounds may be missing. The sum covers only the announcements recorded here, not lifetime funding. Announced commitments may be paid over time; this is not a cash balance. Dates show announcements or first public reports, which can follow the investment itself.
One funding announcement recorded. More dated rounds are needed to show funding over time.
#1
Series C · $78M
Running tracked total: $78M
#1
Series C · $78M
Running tracked total: $78M
Sources and details for every recorded funding announcement, newest first.
Series C · $78M
$78M Series C.
Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
No standalone model family is structured for this profile.
Products
Speak appAI TutorVoice Agent Platform
Open weights
No
API access
No
Review target
Weekly
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Deployment: Production & at scale
Focus
AI-powered language learning through conversation practice and feedback
Signals
ConsumerSpeechConsumer apps
Taxonomy
Media ModelsProductivityAudio / speech
Competitive context
ELSADuolingoOpenAI
Infrastructure & distribution
Where Speak sits in the AI stack
01
Model layer
No standalone model family tracked
02
Access layer
Application or managed product
03
Market layer
Vertical + Enterprise
Public product surface
Speak appAI TutorVoice Agent Platform
Stack signals
ProductivityAudio / speechConsumerSpeechConsumer apps
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
Sources and corrections
Primary and public sources used to verify the structured company profile.
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