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Pingo (YC S25) — AI companion that helps you learn languages

Pingo is an AI language learning app that helps users build fluency through speaking. It immerses learners in realistic conversations and personalized lessons with an AI tutor who sounds like a native speaker.

Pingo is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI companion that helps you learn languages. The founders listed are Michael Xing (Founder/CEO), Morrie Schonfeld (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 28, 2025).

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Pingo

New accelerator entry · 2025-07-28 · the record

Summer 2025
batch
4
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2025
Announced2025-07-28
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size4
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://pingo.ai
Previously known asPingo AI

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Pingo is an AI language learning app that helps users build fluency through speaking. It immerses learners in realistic conversations and personalized lessons with an AI tutor who sounds like a native speaker. Our goal is to make learning a language as simple as talking with Pingo — a companion who understands your goals, remembers your progress, and keeps you motivated.

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Pingo (YC S25) — AI companion that helps you learn languages. MentionFox, 2026-10-20. https://mentionfox.com/funding/yc-pingo