The platform combines artificial intelligence-powered self-study with human coaching. Chatterbox will use the funding to develop new products and services, as well as hiring employees in product development, learning, sales and marketing. Guardian Media Group Ventures led the Chatterbox funding round, with additional investment coming from Phil Libin’s All Turtles, Not On The Highstreet, Goldman Sachs, Mustard Seed Maze, RLC Ventures and SoftBank.London and Lisbon-based Chatterbox was founded in 2016 by Afghani refugee Mursal Hedayat MBE and Y Combinator alumna Guillemette Dejean out of the Founders Factory accelerator programme.Chatterbox’s first product was created after Hedayat’s mother struggled to find highly skilled work after they moved to the UK from Afghanistan. Initially, Chatterbox started as an online language school for Syrian refugees to earn money from teaching Arabic.