Connor Zwick

About Connor Zwick

There are 1.5 billion people around the world who want to learn to speak English but can\'t find anyone to talk with. We\'re building Speak, an AI English speaking tutor, to help solve this problem! Fastest growing language learning company in our first market South Korea. Join us!Previously founded Flashcards+, which was used by more than 5M people worldwide and acquired by Chegg (NYSE: CHGG).

Experience

1. CEO

   Speak

   Sep 2016 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   We believe that learning a language is one of the most transformative skills a person can acquire. Over 2 billion people across the globe are actively learning another language, but don’t have a clear path to success. Why? It’s nearly impossible to learn how to speak a language without consistent access to a speaking partner.Speak’s core learning philosophy is to get people speaking out loud as much as possible. Our AI-powered tutor replicates the flow of a conversation, without needing a human on the other end. Our goal is to make conversations in the language a person is learning radically accessible, helping millions of people gain fluency. What started as teaching non-native speakers English in Korea, has since evolved into users learning English, among other languages, in more than 40 countries.We’re building the future of education with cutting-edge AI technology. Speak is backed by proven investors like the OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator and operators like Paul Graham, Gokul Rajaram, Drew Houston, Jeff Weiner, Dylan Field. We’re hiring across the board. Come build the future of learning with us!

Education

• Harvard University

  Dropped Out

Skills

• C
• Object
• Javascript
• UX Design
• Web Application Design
• Web Development
• Web Design
• User Experience Design
• Objects
• Html
• Wordpress
• User Interface
• Leadership
• Web Applications
• Mobile Devices
• Mobile Applications
• Mysql