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Read Bean

Summer 2023 · Active

Learn language with real-world content, at your level

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2023

Team size: 3

About

Read Bean helps intermediate-advanced language learners and heritage speakers improve their literacy using real-world content. The app measures your initial reading level and automatically transforms texts into bite-sized lessons at your level. It adapts to your progress, reinforcing vocabulary and tailoring content to ensure continuous improvement.

Founders

  • Maggie ZhangFounder

    CEO at Read Bean. Studied CS @ MIT and previously bootstrapped an e-comm business to 200k followers, quant traded at virtu, built software at bloomberg, and was in management consulting at bain.

  • Pearl LiFounder

    CTO of Read Bean, studied CS at MIT. First line of code at 10, optimized LLM performance at Facebook AI Research.

  • Savannah LiuFounder

    COO at Read Bean. Built a payment pipeline at Amazon that did $2B in TPV and made a security layer at Flatiron health.