Chatlator is a messaging app for learning a language with the people you already talk to: your partner, your family and your friends.
Andrew Bunyan spent years trying to learn Spanish. The apps he tried felt like homework, taught words he'd never use, and needed time he didn't have. Michael Boggia was learning Italian to stay connected to his heritage, and had begrudgingly worked his way through all the mainstream language apps.
What they were already doing was texting each other. So Andrew asked a simple question: what if those texts were the lesson? He built Chatlator to find out.
Each of them writes as normal. Andrew sees every message in his own language and in Spanish, and Michael sees the same conversation in his own language and in Italian. They don't need to be learning the same language, and neither of them has to stop and study.
That is still the whole idea. Chatlator is for the people you already message: a partner who grew up speaking another language, family abroad, a friend learning alongside you. Move one conversation over and the language you're learning turns up in the chats you're already having, with Chati, our AI language coach, on hand with hints, quizzes and practice based on what you actually talk about.
Andrew is the co-founder of Chatlator. A long-suffering language learner, he has tried just about every app, course and textbook going. He is now tackling Spanish, which he is also teaching his young daughter, who may well overtake him. A start-up veteran, he is happiest when travelling or watching sport, ideally both at once.
Michael is the co-founder of Chatlator. He is learning Italian to stay connected to his heritage, and has begrudgingly worked his way through all the mainstream language apps. He has worked with technology start-ups for more than 15 years, and offline he takes part in ultra-endurance running and cycling events.
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