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848 Lucida AI raises £5.3m to accelerate language coaching platform

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Kirstie Pickering @ UK Tech News · 07/01/2026 07:00 EDT

Lucida AI has raised a $7m (£5.3m) seed round to accelerate its AI-powered language coaching platform for consumers and enterprises.  Through real-time speech-to-speech conversations and instant feedback, Lucida AI helps users to improve pronunciation, fluency and confidence by simulating real-world scenarios. This spans from everyday chats to business meetings, presentations and client calls. As people ...

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