Andrew Hsu

Andrew Hsu is the cofounder and CTO of Speak, the leading AI language learning app. Speak is the #1 education brand in South Korea, serves subscribers in over 40 countries, and has raised over $150m from Accel, OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, and more. Andrew grew up in Seattle and started at the University of Washington at age 12, graduating with degrees in neurobiology, biochemistry, and chemistry. He started his PhD in Neuroscience at Stanford University at age 16 and dropped out at 19 to join the Thiel Fellowship, where he met his Speak cofounder Connor Zwick. Andrew has always had a lifelong interest in edtech and rapid learning, and lives in San Francisco with his wife.