The audio image uses Amnesty International to help people communicate better

With 4 million application download, Estonia headquarters start Vocal image It aims to help people improve their vocal skills and communicate through training in Amnesty International. But of the 160,000 active users, its CEO, Nick Lakhwika, who embodies his mission in the best way.

He was born toka in Belarus, and he did not speak English until he was transferred to Estonia, and he watered once with anxiety. However, he continued “winning a lot of stadium competitions” on behalf of the start of the audio training, which was inspired by his journey.

“When I was at school, I was slightly intimidated for an unclear dictation,” Lehuka said. In his early twenties, as an unsafe, young founder, he met a voice coach, Maryna “Rusia” Shukiurava, who taught him that sound and communication could be trained.

To help others, they started YouTube, which eventually turned into an audio image, which puts its subscription application as an affordable alternative to individual training that you can use at home. “You can make strange movements, strange sounds (…) and feel safe,” said Kahika.

Through an interactive library that includes the tongue of the tongue, breathing exercises, and advice on gestures, the audio image also tends to Amnesty International to provide automatic notes and personal advice, due to a large part to adding the co -founder and CTO Mikalai Karaliou, Lakhoika.

These trips are often orphaned around the goals related to work such as enhancing professional or leadership skills, developing rhetoric or presentation capabilities. But the audio image also supports people who simply want to increase their self -confidence, as well as gay people, whose rights are Shukiurava He was supporting in Belarus.

While the trio of Belarus, they were among many The founders of Belarus Those who left their home Brutal. Lakhoika Estonia chose her business environment, which has so far been favored to start operating.

Soon after moving to Tallinn, Vocal Image joined Success stories“Due to its rapid growth, according to Lakhoika, the startup company later reached $ 6.5 million of repeated annual revenue (ARR) for less than a million dollars in financing before the seeds.

Recently, the startup collected a 3.6 million dollar seed tour led by French Edtech Vc FIRM EDUCAPITALWith participation from VC specialist Outside Estonia and Generational box Outside Germany, I learned TECHRUNCH exclusively.

As of August, the startup company is now demanding $ 12 million from ARR and about 50,000 paid users, Lakhoika said. With a team of 20 people, including the majority of Belarusian exiles, Vocal Image is now planning to develop its development team and publish more sites (as well as English, Spanish, German, French, Russian and Russian).

This financing comes for a long time after the startup has been chosen through the FACE, Meta and Scaleway hugging as one of the five winners of them European startup program of artificial intelligenceBut also at a time when you face increasing competition. For example, Edtech Company recently offers A Khattab coach works in au To apply social skills, skillsta. But the audio image can rely on TVE AI compatible with GDP.

With about 35,000 registration a day, Vocal Image collected more than a million samples of real parties. Better, these recordings are classified by society through the audio classification, a cooperative feature that allows users to determine whether others seem “confident” or “childish”.

This is the type of data collection that applications such as the audio image need to improve its accuracy. It can also help formulate emerging companies from artificial intelligence for their artificial sounds, creating more rear winds to start operating outside the B2C roots.