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    The Memrise Story 

    3 friends. One passion for language learning. Now over 65 million learners in 189 countries.

    From the Beginning

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    Memrise was founded by Ed Cooke, Ben Whately
    and Greg Detre, three friends who met while studying neuroscience and psychology at Oxford.


    They were united by a fascination with the way
    humans learn
    and a determination to use technology
    to help people learn more effectively. 

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    After graduation Ed got deep into the study of memory techniques. He became a Grandmaster of Memory. He won the US memory championships one year, and then trained
    a journalist to win them the very next year - a story chronicled
    by the journalist in the book, Moonwalking with Einstein.

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    Greg went to Princeton to earn his PhD in
    neuroscience, while Ben moved to Qiqihaer,
    a city on the Sino-Siberian border 
    to see if
    he could teach himself Chinese 
    by applying
    his theories on second language acquisition.

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    They came back together a few years later, and combined their separate research to create Memrise. 

    A platform that leverages memory techniques, deep understanding of neuroscience and novel approaches to second language acquisition to make learning a language dramatically easier and faster.

    Results speak for themselves

    We’re a research-driven organisation

     

    Our company grew out of serious research, and a research mindset remains core to our organization.
    We believe that we can radically change the ability of normal people to become multilingual. Being a polyglot is going to be the norm. Making that a reality means constantly experimenting with cutting edge tech.


    If that sounds like fun, come join us!