Iago - Speak Practical Japanese from Day 1

Hey makers 👋 I’m Alex, one of the co-founders of Iago, and I'm excited to also share that we've raised $1.5M from Reach Capital & Pear VC! Iago focuses on one of the most important aspects of the language: being able to speak conversationally. While building Iago we wanted build a language learning experience that focuses on the following principles: * Learning directly from what you’re interested in * Focusing on practical conversation * Adopting a grammar-focused pedagogy As a result, we’ve created Iago, the first open world curriculum — empowering you to build your own path on the fly whilst implicitly learning grammar through conversational immersion. How Iago works 👉: 1. 🇯🇵 Tell us your goal and interests for learning Japanese 2. 👆 Pick from a variety of situations (e.g. 🍔 Ordering Food, 🥜 Famous Lines from Anime, 🗣️ Small Talk & Intros) 3. 📝 Learn the relevant phrases through content curated by native Japanese speakers 4. 🎙️ Perfect your pronunciation through our speaking practice 5. 💬 Put it all to the test with a final immersive conversation powered by generative AI 6. 📈 Build your own path to fluency by picking situations you’re interested in We currently only support Japanese 🇯🇵 but we are planning to expand to other languages in the future! 💻: https://getiago.com 📱: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ia... P.S. The app is currently FREE for a limited time! Would love feedback about how we can make the best language learning experience for all!

The concept of an open-world curriculum for language learning is fascinating. Do you have plans to incorporate cultural context alongside the language lessons? Congrats on the launch! P.S. I read your startup name as "lago" at first (with the "L").

Learning a new language in the form of conversation and verbal practice is so helpful. Will be even better to dive into more details in terms of different conversation scenarios and adding more cultural elements in:)) Congrats on the launch!

Interesting idea and congrats on the launch! I'm curious on the key advantage that differentiate it from other language learning tools such as Duolinguo?

Anime fans are ecstatic, truly giving strong support for this product.

I'm travelling to Japan in about 2 months, and my Japanese is horrific. Really having fun trying this out as DuoLingo just didn't gel well with me. It's very gamified! Good luck with the launch!

Looks good! I’m keen to try it and understand how the initial process to get my level will be. It’s being a few months trying different options but I’m already in a point that I don’t want to invest much time on the very basic lessons. This “from day one” approach seems really interesting.

From day one!!! That's interesting. I've got to try it.

I’ve been eagerly waiting for this product since I heard about it. The ability to create my own curriculum and learn practical grammar and phrases is exactly what I needed to tailor my Japanese learning experience. Thank you for addressing this gap in the market. Thanks again for creating such a great product. I’m here to support you all the way! 🌈

I love how the customizable curriculum feature addresses the need for personalized learning paths. It’s clear that a lot of thought went into the user experience, especially with the pronunciation practice through speaking. I’ve been using it for a few weeks, and it has already significantly improved my Japanese speaking skills. Best of luck with the launch!