Jason studied abroad in China with 150 other students. He was one of the lowest level students at the beginning of the year, but at the end of the year was the highest level. This was due to his passion for film - he bought every DVD and watched with the only available option - Chinese hardcoded subtitles. He went on to spend 10 years there, including translating video games, and eventually building them.

Stan didn't learn English in school, but instead was self taught by watching TV in order to be able to immigrate to the US.

Language learning opens up worlds. It's been a huge part of our lives, and so we want to make it less painful for the next generation, as well as build an app that actually works

Umi is passion project turned startup - although still a very small team! Let's make the world multilingual together.