AI language tutor focused on conversational learning
Speak is an AI language-learning company using speech and conversational AI to help users practice new languages. Forbes selected it for the 2026 AI 50.
AI📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2016
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Speak going public?
No. Speak is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Speak's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Speak. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Speak filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Speak.
Can you buy Speak stock?
No. Speak is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Speak on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Connor Zwick
Founded
2016
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
Undisclosed
Total Raised
$162M
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Forbes AI 50 profile · 5 mo ago
privateTotal raised $162M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$10
Last round price / share
$21
vs last round
-52.4%
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Forbes AI 50 profile
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Apr 2026
Forbes AI 50
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Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
0
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
1
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Speak" as of 2026-09-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-12% vs 2026-08
Open roles
36
via ashby
Product-build share
33%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
balanced build + GTM — 33% builders vs 67% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Counted from Speak's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Connor ZwickAndrew Hsu
Products
AI language tutor
Conversational practice
Mobile learning app
Competitors
Duolingo · Preply · Babbel · Elsa · Busuu
AIEducationConsumer AIForbes AI 50
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.