Every day, millions of people across the globe are studying to become fluent in English.

It’s a big industry, whether the learning is done with books, tutoring or software.

One Silicon Valley entrepreneur is using the power of AI along with her own linguistic challenges to build a product for English learners worldwide. 

ELSA focuses on speaking skills and has more than 10 million users and regularly ranks among the top language learning apps in download charts around the world. It also received more than seven million dollars in funding from Google’s AI-focused Gradient Ventures.