The people behind Loqal
Loqal was built by a global team that believes language is the most powerful bridge between people. We're here to make the world a little smaller.
“Language is more than words. It's how we understand each other. We're building the technology to make that happen — for everyone, everywhere.”
Built by a global team
Loqal is a team effort. Our contributors span continents and time zones — designers, engineers, linguists, and native speakers who bring authenticity to every language we support.
Aviah Morag
Founder & CEO · Tel Aviv
Aviah founded Loqal to channel a lifetime of language obsession into a product. A linguist, engineer, and polyglot, he spent 14 years at Apple working at the intersection of technology, language, and accessibility. He contributes to Unicode's CLDR and believes language is the most powerful bridge between people.
Clifford Njoroge
Staff Engineer · Nairobi
Clifford is a software engineer working across AI research, geospatial analysis, and backend engineering. His background spans game development, low-level programming, and data analytics, bringing rigor and range to every layer of the stack.
Walaa Abd Al-Aziz
Senior Engineer · Ramallah
Walaa is a senior software developer based in Ramallah. Her passion is building mobile products from the ground up — the quiet craft of software that holds up in the real world and feels right in a user's hand. She brings curiosity, care, and a product-minded eye to everything she ships.
Felipe Plattek
Content Engineer · Luxembourg
Felipe is a software engineer and process-automation specialist from Brazil, based in Luxembourg. Fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and Hebrew, he blends technical expertise with cultural curiosity — and collects cookbooks in more languages than fit in a paragraph.
Mehmet Arslan
Product Designer · Istanbul
Mehmet is a product designer with seven years across fintech, education, and blockchain. He focuses on design systems, user research, and interaction design — crafting intuitive products that solve real problems while supporting business goals.
Rooted in open standards
We believe in giving back. Our team members have contributed to Unicode's CLDR project — the global standard for locale data — and to open-source projects on GitHub. Loqal is built on the same principles: open, inclusive, and always improving.
Loqal is made by Sorato Inc., based in San Francisco. Sorato is dedicated to building technology that brings people closer together through language, culture, and AI.
Join us on the journey
Whether you're learning your first phrase or chasing fluency, we're building Loqal for you. Download the app and start a conversation today.