Capability profile
We build the infrastructure Vietnamese learners study on
Z Combinator runs a multi-brand language-learning ecosystem. We write the curriculum, we write the platform, and every figure below is read straight from the running system.
Overview
Who we are
We are not a language school, and not a study-abroad agency. We write our own material, build our own platform, and give the core of it away.
The reason: with no shared standard in the market, the risk falls on the learner — pay first, find out afterwards. Our answer is to make the foundation genuinely good and charge nothing for it, and to charge only for products this same team runs.
Direction
Vision, mission and operating principles
These decide what we take on and what we turn down, including when turning it down is the expensive option.
Vision
To become the language-learning infrastructure Vietnamese learners trust by default, where quality can be checked before payment rather than after.
Mission
To bring the cost of a decent learning path close to zero, and to make the market more transparent through data instead of promises.
Operating principles
Build it rather than buy it. The core stays free. Every published figure must trace back to the system or the source code.
Roadmap
Development plan
Six phases, moving from giving away the core to standing behind quality in the market itself.
- 1
Phase 1
- Build a free learning platform with no advertising.
- Publish material with a coherent structure.
- 2
Phase 2
- Track each learner individual progress.
- Build a practice library and suggest a fitting path.
- 3
Phase 3
- Give teachers tools to manage classes.
- Increase interaction between teachers and learners.
- 4
Phase 4
- Let learners create workshops and take payment.
- Build profiles that verify an instructor level.
- 5
Phase 5
- Build safe payment flows for students going abroad.
- Audit how service providers prepare applications.
- 6
Phase 6
- License and publish quality language books.
Team
The people behind it
A small team doing the work directly. Whoever writes the material also teaches it, and whoever writes the code also runs the system.
Khoa Võ
Founder
Leads content, design and strategy. More than five years building companies, starting from their own study-abroad application.
Lonia
Learner support
Works directly with beginners, from choosing a path to keeping a steady rhythm.
Vũ Nhật Nam
Study-abroad partnerships
Handles advisory work and relationships with training institutions and partner schools.
The platform has been in continuous development since 2025-08 — 1,831 commits.
Teaching faculty
Classes are taught by this team, not handed to contractors. Three of them co-founded the teaching arm.
Trần Huỳnh Bảo Khánh
BA in German studies · ĐH KHXH&NV · 5 years
Nguyễn Vũ Khiết Quỳnh
BA in German language
Đỗ Phương Anh
3 years
Nguyễn Việt Phương Linh
Studied in Germany
Nguyễn Thị Huyền Linh
BA in German language · ĐH Hà Nội
Lê Ngọc Linh Chi
BA in German language · ĐH Ngoại ngữ · 3 years
Đặng Mai Chi
Joint master, Erasmus+ scholarship · 2 years
Quỳnh Anh Nguyễn
4 years
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Work with us
If you are a school, institution or company that wants to use this infrastructure, or to collaborate on content, get in touch directly.