Founded in 1999 by Andy Hadjicostis from Cyprus, Doki was conceived as a fun, innovative and imaginative way to learn a foreign language. Andy teamed up with Vivienne Ladommatou who managed the project's development and its initial market launch. The guiding concept was to learn basic phrases and words used in every day life through an animated environment without the use of grammar. Vivienne set up a team of educational experts in the UK to ensure that Doki was pedagogically sound. To create a compelling and dynamic graphic environment, Magali Charrier, an award-winning French artist, was chosen to create the characters.

Doki was originally launched in 2001 as a CD-ROM based product and successfully sold in many countries. With positive industry, consumer and educational reviews, the company expanded its products to include the Spanish, French and German versions. Plans to expand the product line came to a halt however, with the untimely death of Andy in 2010. All activities came to a standstill, until Andy’s family decided to convert Doki into an app for Apple’s mobile devices. Andy’s elder brother created a new team, headed by Jane Kayantas from NY, in order to successfully create the Doki app and introduce it to the global market. As such, Andy and Vivienne's dream continues — a fun-learning method to encourage people to ... speak to the world.