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Elia - Smart Assistant for English Learning

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t is personalised and in context has been found to be the most effective form of learning. Elia started as a PhD project. Hence it's based on insights from cognitive linguistics and developed using machine learning and natural language processing techniques. We presented it at conferences in Berkeley and Cambridge. The first demo version of Elia was launched at German universities in January 2022. Currently it has over 1600 users. We are about to close partnerships with two private language school and two student organisations: ISIC France and Spain. Since January, we have been working on improving the product to reach product-market fit. We reduced the churn rate (install to uninstall) from 19% to 4% and increased the conversion rate (website to install) from 11% to 24%. Currently, 34% of users would be very disappointed if they could no longer use Elia. We are on our way to achieving product-market fit. We need the support of this grant, both financial and mentoring, to help us 1) reach the product-market-fit, 2) help us extend our partnerships and user base, 3) buy us time to

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recordType
award
status
CLOSED
region
EU
value
75000
unit
EUR

Evidence & attribution

European Commission, CORDIS Horizon Europe project dataset. Metadata adapted.

License: CORDIS reuse policy

First collected: 2026-09-20T01:21:06.728Z. This is not the publication date.