{"id":85531,"title":"Univerbal - AI Language Learning App","tagline":"We help language learners boost their confidence \u0026 get fluent fast by practicing with AI.","body":"## **TL;DR: Language learning that’s as unique as you are.**\n\nIf you’ve ever learnt a language, you’ve probably spent hours memorizing vocabulary or doing infinite grammar exercises only to then realize you can’t really… speak the language.\n\nThe [Univerbal](https://univerbal.app/) app helps you get confident to speak by practicing with real-life, open conversations with an AI conversation partner that adapts to your answers and your level. Most importantly, never judges you!\n\nYour personal AI Tutor creates a language study plan combining both the language skills you’d like to work towards, based on CEFR language education standards and the conversation topics you’re interested in. **_No two study plans are the same because no two language learning journeys are the same._**\n\n### **Try it for free:**\n\n🌐 [Web app](http://chat.univerbal.app/) | 🍎 [Get the iOS app](http://univerbal.app/) | 🤖 [Get the Android app](http://univerbal.app/)\n\nWatch the demo [here](https://youtu.be/gZs_F9J76xg) and try the app for free.\n\n### \n\n## **🤔 The problem**\n\nPeople learn a language to be able to speak it, but they end up memorizing vocabulary and doing boring grammar exercises and in the process, forget or they get too shy to actually practice speaking\n\nPracticing with native speakers can feel like a burden, language tutors can soon get expensive and using some language apps can only get you so far.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=85531\u0026key=user_uploads/566264/8a04773c-911c-4f8d-bbdd-392e51ee0f0b)\n\n## **💡 The solution**\n\nWe’re based in Switzerland: the country with 4 official languages🇨🇭 so it was only natural to try to solve this problem by building an AI-powered language learning app to help everyone increase their confidence to speak a new language.\n\nUniverbal was born out of our own frustration as language learners (initially Philipp’s as he was learning Greek to connect to his Cypriot family heritage). It was obvious that the only way to get better was to speak, but it became both difficult to find the time for tutor sessions and very expensive 💸\n\nUniverbal gives everyone access to a conversation partner and language tutor that’s customized to their own needs.\n\n## **👉 How does it work?**\n\nWith the Univerbal app, each user gets a personal AI Language Tutor that creates a study plan based on the language goals they wants to work towards **and** the topics they’re interested in talking about.\n\nDeveloped in collaboration with the Language Department at the University of Zürich, this ensures that everyone gets the language training based on CEFR language education standards, that’s also personalized to their own needs, skills and interests!\n\nNo two study plans are the same.\n\nUsers can practice with real-life conversations like ordering coffee or going for a job interview, get help from their AI Language Tutor in their own language and practice with short vocabulary exercises.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=85531\u0026key=user_uploads/566264/3a215c8e-39e0-4e0d-85fa-13e7e11b1d9e)\n\n## **👋 Ask**\n\n* **We need your input:** What would you like to see in terms of vocabulary features? What’s helped you in the past as a language learner? Speaking is essential, but we don’t want to neglect vocabulary building.\n* Offer: 30% off on the 3M and 12M plan with code STUDYPLAN at this link [Univerbal](https://chat.univerbal.app/)\n* Try it and leave us feedback: 🌐 [Web app](http://chat.univerbal.app/) | 🍎 [Get the iOS app](http://univerbal.app/) | 🤖 [Get the Android app](http://univerbal.app/)\n* Join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/EpbYsNKNy9) or follow us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/univerbalapp/)\n* Spread the word to other language lovers","slug":"MFX-univerbal-ai-language-learning-app","created_at":"2024-11-13T14:48:22.396Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T03:23:32.543Z","total_vote_count":8,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/MFX-univerbal-ai-language-learning-app","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=85531\u0026key=user_uploads/566264/8a04773c-911c-4f8d-bbdd-392e51ee0f0b","company":{"id":28008,"name":"Univerbal","slug":"univerbal","url":"https://univerbal.app","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/8278fad06fd1b1d1ed9d47f63aa549adf1a8fece.png","batch":"Winter 2023","industry":"Education","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/28008"}}