30/06/2026
🔔 Investment Announcement 🔔
The way people practice speaking is changing — Lucida AI already has over 3 million users proving it.
Excited to share our latest investment in Lucida AI: Language Learning App, a London-based platform building the speech-to-speech AI layer for real-time global communication.
💸 The company raised $7M seed round, led by Velocity Capital, with participation from Next Tier Ventures, Look AI Ventures, and a strong group of Turkish investors, including Boğaziçi Ventures, Yapı Kredi FRWRD, and ÜNLÜ & Co.
In just 15 months since launch: 2.2B+ minutes of spoken interaction. No typing, no scripts, no interfaces. Just real conversation with an AI coach, in real time. 🌍
"We invested in Lucida because of the team's speed and a vision we found genuinely ambitious: making high-quality spoken-language practice accessible. With a phonetic engine that delivers more accurate pronunciation feedback than generic AI tutors, Lucida is on a clear path to becoming a category-defining company in AI-powered communication." – Angelo Burgarello, Partner at Look AI Ventures
👏 Congratulations to Mustafa Girgin, Mustafa Sait Demirci, and the whole Lucida AI team. Looking forward to what's next!
🔗 Full announcement in the comments.