The Wakie application, an international project of the Russian social alarm clock Budist, declared its change of concept (pivot) Now the service offers the option to consult with people from all over the world on about anything. At the same time, the authors of the project talked about getting $ 1 million in investments from Google and other investors, and getting Wakie in the Y Combinator.

The application update asks you to select a topic for discussion, and then within 7 seconds Wakie connects the user with someone with experience in their chosen field.

The service supports 184 languages, including Russian. According to own company data, the Wakie application makes 1 million voice calls a week.

Project Founder, Grachik Adzhamyan told that the team uses machine learning to learn the experience of each user.

"We turn to search engines, when we need to learn something new. But when it comes to emotions, problems and controversial decisions, Siri and Google cannot help. No matter what happens in your life, there are people with similar experiences, and many of them would be happy to share them. The problem is that it is difficult to find them right off. Wakie alters the situation and solves this problem," noted Adzhamyan.

The representative of the venture fund of LETA Capital, which is a portfolio startup of Wakie, said that under the amount of $ 1 billion, in addition to Y Combinator Americans Jack Velin, Larry Brightman and Bruce Chu invested in Wakie. Information appeared earlier that Netflix invested in the project, although the company did not confirm that writes Rusbase.

The social alarm clock Budist was launched in Russia in 2011. Its objective was to connect unacquainted people, so that they could wake each other up. Later the project team moved to the US, where they launched an international equivalent of the product - Wakie.