We believe language learning has been treated as a content problem. We think it's an engagement problem.
Traditional language apps drill you with flashcards and grammar exercises. They work on paper, but most learners quit within weeks because the experience feels like homework. Call Me Sensei takes a radically different approach.
We place language practice inside emotionally engaging stories, memorable characters, and game mechanics that make people want to return. When the conversation and character matter, practice stops feeling like homework.
Hyperbond Studio is building an AI-native character platform for persistent, emotionally responsive interactive worlds. Call Me Sensei is its first consumer application, combining generative conversation, long-term relationship memory, expressive voice, and story-state systems around language learning.
Hyperbond Studio raised a $500K pre-seed funding round to build Call Me Sensei, supported by investors who share our vision for the future of language education.
We joined the Supercell AI Innovation Lab, a programme supporting teams building the next generation of interactive entertainment.
text-to-speech technology gives each Sensei an expressive voice that can convey warmth, surprise, humour, and encouragement, helping every scene feel more alive. text-to-speech technology gives each Sensei an expressive voice that can convey warmth, surprise, humour, and encouragement, helping every scene feel more alive.
We are a small team building character technology at the intersection of AI, games, storytelling, and education. If that excites you, explore our open roles.
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