Read Bean

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Learn language with real-world content, at your level

Summer 2023Founded 20233 peopleNew York City, NY, USA

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 · 2

Maggie ZhangFounder

MIT

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.

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Savannah LiuFounder

Amazon

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

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Aug 2023

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