About
Amir Hanna is founder and CEO of Parrot, a mobile app for learning Spanish through short-form video content created by native speakers.
Amir Hanna 🦜 @byamirhanna
everyone starts somewhere https://t.co/oIncidFRbV
Jul 26, 2026 · ♥ 9
Amir Hanna 🦜 @byamirhanna
wanna clarify something, Parrot hasn’t worked with @Studiyoco formally. Been getting a few messages about this https://t.co/Fo3N0l7kZl
Jul 18, 2026 · ♥ 73 · ⇄ 2
Amir Hanna 🦜 @byamirhanna
“Why would we compete with a $14B giant?” Before building Parrot, we interviewed 186 Duolingo users. The insight wasn’t that people hated Duolingo, they loved it. But many said the same thing: “I’ve done hundreds of lessons, but I still can’t understand real people.” https://t.co/4F6Ggooxjl
Jun 24, 2026 · ♥ 25 · ⇄ 2
Founder at ParrotYC F25
Intro paths
Amir went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Parrot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Amir can intro founders to Parrot's investors below.
Parrot's investors · 4
Co-founders at Parrot
