<description>&lt;p&gt;Aniea Essien, a recent Stanford grad, is the Founder and CEO of Iko, a crowdsourced platform that’s fighting to slow language death with the help of machine learning. A first-generation Nigerian American, she’s intimately aware of the pain and problems brought by language death, which claims a new language every fourteen days, disproportionately affecting people of color. She hopes to create products that are exciting, accessible, and rooted in elevating marginalized communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out Iko &lt;a href="https://www.iko.community/" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Support Iko’s crowdfunding campaign &lt;a href="https://ifundwomen.com/projects/iko" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/iko.community/" rel="nofollow"&gt;@iko.community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Series E &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/seriesepodcast/" rel="nofollow"&gt;@seriesepodcast&lt;/a&gt; and make sure to share with your friends! Follow &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/shoshanaswell" rel="nofollow"&gt;@shoshanaswell&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Series E

Shoshana Swell

Iko: Fighting to slow language death and creating products rooted in elevating marginalized communities

FEB 2, 202157 MIN
Series E

Iko: Fighting to slow language death and creating products rooted in elevating marginalized communities

FEB 2, 202157 MIN

Description

Aniea Essien, a recent Stanford grad, is the Founder and CEO of Iko, a crowdsourced platform that’s fighting to slow language death with the help of machine learning. A first-generation Nigerian American, she’s intimately aware of the pain and problems brought by language death, which claims a new language every fourteen days, disproportionately affecting people of color. She hopes to create products that are exciting, accessible, and rooted in elevating marginalized communities.Check out Iko here. Support Iko’s crowdfunding campaign [email protected] Series E @seriesepodcast and make sure to share with your friends! Follow @shoshanaswell.