Coming Soon · Beta 2026

Speak real Chinese,
not perfect Chinese.

An AI tutor designed by a former Harvard Chinese instructor — built on a simple thesis: fluency comes from conversation, not grammar drills.

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Willa Wang, founder of Willa Chinese AI
老师 EST. 2026

that's me — your conversation partner

My philosophy

Most apps treat language learning like a near-perfect grammar test you have to ace. It isn't.

Real, fluent language doesn't come from memorizing tones or sentence structures. It's built through thousands of imperfect conversations — the kind that train your ear, build your instinct, and lock the language into muscle memory.

The problem? That kind of practice has always required a real human tutor — expensive, bound by time and place, and limited by one teacher's background and range.

AI changes the equation. A partner that meets you at your level, your goals, your interests — at 2 AM, on your morning commute, anywhere. Not to replace teachers, but to give you what no human teacher can: unlimited conversations.

That's what I'm focused on building.

— Willa
Boston · 2026
A few things about me —
Harvard University Chinese Language Instructor, 2020–2024
University of Notre Dame Chinese Faculty, 2012–2019
University of Iowa M.A. Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, 2010–2012
Boston University M.S. Computer Science, 2025
ACTFL Certified Oral Proficiency Interview Tester