Our mission
"Improving social outcomes through technology is our primary focus. Each solution must benefit the community and measurably support the end user."
- Dirk Hopfl
We take pride in collaborating directly with working professionals in each industry, ensuring that our solutions are tailored to meet your specific needs and requirements.
Meet the founders
Dirk Hopfl
An entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the education industry, Dirk served as a regional director for a leading university and held numerous advisory and board appointments. Dirk's extensive experience led him to establish a successful education consultancy company and co-found Speechsquare.
Ben Roberts
Ben is an experienced tech entrepreneur and AI developer who is dedicated to creating technological solutions that enhance social mobility. He has previously founded and successfully exited a UK-based startup. Additionally, he has built and advised on tech projects across Southeast Asia and China.
Yunqian Zhou
Through creating data-driven solutions to improve the business and financial outcomes of numerous multinational corporations, Yunqian possesses extensive experience in data analytics, auditing, and financial reporting. Yunqian is also a founder of Melyngo, the project that led to Speechsquare.
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Ben & Yun - The beginning of Speechsquare!
Our story
Our AI has been in development since 2017, initially as part of Melyngo, a language learning app founded by Yun and Ben that focused on improving speech. Melyngo provided personalized feedback on oral skills, which was quite revolutionary at the time when considering major language learning platforms could only provide binary feedback!
As the speech analysis industry began to grow, Dirk understood its application could expand beyond the current focus of language learning and worked with Ben and Yunqian to develop Speechsquare.
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2017
Development Begins
Ben starts development of his own AI to analyze speech in English & Mandarin.
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2019
Melyngo
Our AI now analyzes speech to the syllable in 7 languages, but only with set inputs.
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2022
Speechsquare Established
We begin working with global institutions to develop tailored platforms for multiple industries.
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2023
Industry-Leading Analysis
AI now analyzes to the phoneme & provides the most detailed data points.
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2024
Full Steam Ahead
Our AI now serves institutions in 8 countries across 4 continents.