Pangea Chat, a language-learning company based in Richmond, has made a series of hires aimed at enhancing its app — and is bringing it into the classroom on a widespread basis in the fall.
A $256,000 National Science Foundation business innovation and research grant awarded in March allowed the company, which is at the pre-revenue stage, to bring on new staff and embark on research of its platform, which assesses language learning within the context of text chat.
Founder and CEO Will Jordan-Cooley created Pangea Chat in 2017 after living in Barcelona, Spain, with no knowledge of the Spanish language. As an experiential learner, he said he felt frustrated with other language apps for not being relevant or useful to his immediate needs.
Pangea Chat’s subscription app allows language learners to write in their native language and see their typing instantly translated. If users attempt to write in the language they are learning, they can get extra points in a game-like system that…
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