【HYSTA Talk】ELSA is coming: the world's best English pronunciation app

【HYSTA Talk 04/03/21】Ms Vu Van, the co-founder and CEO of ELSA, will join HYSTA Talk, and share stories of building the world's best English pronunciation app.

ABOUT ELSA
Founded in 2015 by Stanford alum Ms. Vu Van, and Dr. Xavier Anguera, a veteran in speech recognition and AI, ELSA is a mobile app for language learners that helps them improve pronunciation and reduce accents, utilizing in-house speech recognition, automated feedback and deep learning technology. The inspiration for ELSA, the 2016 SXSWEdu winner, came when Vu realized that pronunciation and accent often pose as a hindrance for non-native employees in business. Based in San Francisco, ELSA has raised $27 million in capital and is backed by leading VCs in Silicon Valley, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Latin America. The company has offices in Portugal and Vietnam. For more information, visit: https://www.elsaspeak.com/home

Since its launch, ELSA has achieved:
- The 1st Vietnamese startup to enter the finalé, and eventually won 1st prize at SXSWEdu Launch (USA, 2016)
- Accepted to StartX - renowned accelerator for top entrepreneurs from Stanford (annual average acceptance rate: ~ 10%)
- First Vietnamese Startup being selected to Google LaunchPad program (out of 25 companies globally being selected to Google LaunchPad batch 2)
- Top 5 Artificial Intelligence apps by Research Snipers, together with Cortana (Microsoft) and Google Allo (Google)
- Winner of “Best digital learning app” by Reimagine Education (2016)
- Top 15 “Best A.I. Apps for Android & IOS” by Easy Tech Trick and Top 7 by IQVIS (2017), together with Google Allo (Google) & Cortana (Microsoft)
- #1 Education app by Product Hunt 2016
- Top 10 “A.I.Must-have Apps That Will Make Your Phone Smarter” by Analytics India Magazine, together with Google Allo & Google Assistant (Google)
- #1 among “13 Southeast Asian tech firms to watch” by South China Morning Post (2018)
- Chosen as App of the Day by Apple in 2019 and 2020
- Top100 Influencers in State of EdTech Report by EdTech Digest 2020
- Honorable Mention in the AI and Data category of Fast Company's 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards
- Mentioned by CNBC, Bloomerg, TechCrunch, Forbes, Mashable, VentureBeat, Yahoo, Salma Hayek, and more

For more information, visit: https://www.elsaspeak.com/home