# Speak

U.S. English learning application.

Speak APP is a U.S. English learning application.

Canonical: https://uniquebase.ai/companies/speak
Stable identifier: UB-C1608
Snapshot captured: 2026-10-15T14:23:27.067Z
English updated: 2026-10-15T20:01:50.780Z

## Funding

Listed 2 records.
Latest: $78M (Series C), 2024-12-11.
Total raised (as reported): $162M, as of 2024-12-11.

- 2024-12-11 · $78M · Series C · Accel, Khosla Ventures, OpenAI, OpenAI Startup Fund, Y Combinator · https://readthesignal.co/p/the-1st-unicorn-in-ai-language-learning
  > On 2024/12/11, The Signal reported that AI speaking app Speak’s ARR approached USD 50 million, growing more than 100% year over year. It announced USD 78 million in Series C funding at a USD 1 billion valuation, bringing total funding to USD 162 million. The funding figures were separately confirmed by Speak’s official announcement. (translated source brief)
- 2022-11-17 · $27M · Series B · Founders Fund, Gokul Rajaram, Josh Buckley, Justin Mateen, Lachy Groom, OpenAI Startup Fund

## Valuation

Listed 2 records.
Latest: $1B (Series C), 2024-12-11.

- 2024-12-11 · $1B · Series C · Accel, Khosla Ventures, OpenAI, OpenAI Startup Fund, Y Combinator · https://readthesignal.co/p/the-1st-unicorn-in-ai-language-learning
  > On 2024/12/11, The Signal reported that AI speaking app Speak’s ARR approached USD 50 million, growing more than 100% year over year. It announced USD 78 million in Series C funding at a USD 1 billion valuation, bringing total funding to USD 162 million. The funding figures were separately confirmed by Speak’s official announcement. (translated source brief)
- 2022-11-17 · amount unavailable · Series B · Founders Fund, Gokul Rajaram, Josh Buckley, Justin Mateen, Lachy Groom, OpenAI Startup Fund

## Revenue

Listed 4 records.
Latest: over $100M (ARR), 2025-11-13.

- 2025-11-13 · over $100M (ARR) · https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2025/11/12/this-startup-is-racing-duolingo-to-replace-human-language-tutors-with-ai/
  > On 2025/11/13, Forbes reported that AI language learning platform Speak had exceeded USD 100 million in annualized revenue, with 15 million cumulative downloads and more than 500 enterprise customers. It uses AI roleplay and speech recognition to improve speaking fluency and did not disclose funding or valuation. (translated source brief)
- 2024-12-11 · nearly $50M (ARR) · Series C · Accel, Khosla Ventures, OpenAI, OpenAI Startup Fund, Y Combinator · https://readthesignal.co/p/the-1st-unicorn-in-ai-language-learning
  > On 2024/12/11, The Signal reported that AI speaking app Speak’s ARR approached USD 50 million, growing more than 100% year over year. It announced USD 78 million in Series C funding at a USD 1 billion valuation, bringing total funding to USD 162 million. The funding figures were separately confirmed by Speak’s official announcement. (translated source brief)
- 2025-09-18 · 日本市场ARR约增长10倍（未披露金额） · https://www.linkedin.com/posts/connorzwick_every-year-we-bring-the-entire-company-together-activity-7374141786136473600-y1DP
  > According to founder Connor Zwick’s original post, Speak’s ARR in Japan grew approximately 10 times over the past two years, without disclosing a revenue amount. This was not the company-wide ARR growth rate. (translated source brief)
- 2024-12-10 · amount unavailable · https://www.speak.com/blog/series-c
  > On 2024/12/10, Speak reported a revenue growth signal in the AI EdTech sector. (translated source brief)

## Team

- [Connor Zwick](/people/connor-zwick)

## Products

- [Speak](/products/speak)

## Investors

- [Accel](/institutions/accel)
- [Founders Fund](/institutions/founders-fund)
- [Gokul Rajaram](/institutions/gokul-rajaram)
- [Josh Buckley](/institutions/josh-buckley)
- [Justin Mateen](/institutions/justin-mateen)
- [Khosla Ventures](/institutions/khosla-ventures)
- [Lachy Groom](/institutions/lachy-groom)
- [OpenAI](/institutions/openai)
- [OpenAI Startup Fund](/institutions/openai-startup-fund)
- [Y Combinator](/institutions/y-combinator)

## Sources

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