Build a profitable language learning app from scratch, UAE-based Russian expat shows how

Build a profitable language learning app from scratch, UAE-based Russian expat shows how

When Russia-born 37-year-old Dmitrii Basalkin started a mobile app six years ago in Hong Kong, he hoped to get non-English speakers to learn the basic level of the language by using the tool. Now, the UAE resident’s app is used by millions to learn all levels of Spanish, French, Japanese and Arabic.



“I had devoted myself to language learning because it is a major endeavour, and it’s a challenge I am now capable of solving for others. I also believe language learning is an excellent field for applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and deploying improvements,” he said, when asked why he chose the field.





Basalkin, who has been dividing his time between his new home in Dubai and his business in Abu Dhabi since 2021, prides himself in not only getting 30,000 paid clients in the first year of