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BoldVoice
BoldVoice is a New York-based AI speech and accent coaching app that helps non-native English speakers communicate more clearly and confidently. It pairs proprietary speech AI that gives instant, phoneme-level pronunciation feedback with video lessons taught by Hollywood dialect coaches. Founded in 2021 by Anada Lakra and Ilya Usorov, the app has passed five million downloads across 150+ countries and crossed $10M in annual recurring revenue with a small team.
Anada Lakra
Anada Lakra is the co-founder and CEO of BoldVoice, an AI-powered accent and speech coaching app for non-native English speakers. Born and raised in Albania, she studied English for a decade before arriving at Yale, where being asked to repeat herself sparked the idea that became BoldVoice. After Yale and an MBA from Harvard Business School, with product stints at Peloton and consulting work along the way, she and co-founder Ilya Usorov built a Y Combinator-backed app that pairs Hollywood dialect coaches with real-time AI feedback. BoldVoice has crossed 5 million downloads, serves professionals in 150+ countries, reached $10M+ in ARR with a team of seven, and raised a $21M Series A in January 2026 led by Matrix.