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When Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn sent an internal memo about AI last year, he didn't expect it to go viral — or to ignite a firestorm about the future of work. Now he joins Rapid Response to unpack what he got right, what he got wrong, and what the backlash taught him about the real limitations of AI. Von Ahn also reveals why he's made a deliberate pivot in 2026: chasing users, not revenue — and what that bet says about how big Duolingo can get before ads become inevitable. It's a candid reckoning with hype, growth, and the surprisingly complicated promise of technology in education.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn sent an internal memo about AI last year, he didn't expect it to go viral — or to ignite a firestorm about the future of work. Now he joins Rapid Response to unpack what he got right, what he got wrong, and what the backlash taught him about the real limitations of AI. Von Ahn also reveals why he's made a deliberate pivot in 2026: chasing users, not revenue — and what that bet says about how big Duolingo can get before ads become inevitable. It's a candid reckoning with hype, growth, and the surprisingly complicated promise of technology in education.Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) is down 77% over the last year while the S&P 500 is up 32% but 7investing founder Simon Erickson is defending the owl. In this deep dive into Duolingo's Q1 2026 earnings, Simon breaks down why the bearish narrative around slowing top-line growth and AI competition from OpenAI and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) may be missing the bigger picture: Duolingo is one of the most capital-efficient software businesses in the market, with a 37% return on invested capital, a cash ROIC of 99.4%, 50%+ free cash flow margins, and zero long-term debt.Simon also covers the optionality that most analysts are overlooking — Duolingo's math app, music lessons, chess, and the internationally recognized Duolingo English Test — and explains why CEO Luis Von Ahn's methodical, profitability-first approach makes this a compelling long-term hold even as short-term sentiment stays negative.Stocks Mentioned:Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL)Alphabet / Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL)OpenAI — private#Duolingo #DUOL #GrowthStocks #TechStocks #StockAnalysis #BuyTheDip #EarningsReport #AIStocks #SoftwareStocks #StocksToWatch #InvestingIn2026 #7investing #Simonerickson

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn speaks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec on the company's recent earnings and how the company seeks to grow subscribers while continuing to engage app users.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luis von Ahn was a tenured professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University who had sold a company to Google. “You were pretty set, a lot of us would say, so why were you so hungry to build something new with Duolingo?” asks Ayesha Karnik, MBA '25. “For the first time ever, with phones, we can reach billions of people,” reflects the Duolingo co-founder and CEO. “I want it to be the case that we can show that screen time is actually useful for the world.” From human-computer interaction and pioneering early 2000s consumer tech gamification to his thoughts on leadership and the future of AI, von Ahn shares his unique perspective on where he's been, what he's working on today, and the future of learning. There's also that unpredictable owl mascot. “I wouldn't say our brand is ‘chaos,' okay?” he jokes. “We call it wholesome unhinged.”This episode was recorded on May 5, 2025.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He explains how Duolingo harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get you excited to learn — all while spreading access to education across the world.This episode originally aired on October 26, 2023.For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch.Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links:TEDNext: ted.com/futureyouTEDSports: ted.com/sportsTEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-viennaTEDAI San Francisco: ted.com/ai-sf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Carnegie Mellon classrooms to a global cultural phenomenon, this episode of The Morning Brief traces the journey of Luis von Ahn, math prodigy, inventor of CAPTCHA, and now the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo. Hosts Anirban Chowdhury and ET’s Deputy news editor Himani Kothari explore how Luis’s early work fighting bots evolved into a business to democratize education through gamified language learning. What began with a Spanish course and a German prototype has grown into a plus 500-million-user platform, driven by Duolingo’s bite-sized lessons, quirky owl mascot, and irreverent marketing strategy. The conversation delves into the company’s expansion into math, music and chess, its partnership with OpenAI, and the creative freedom that powers its viral success. As AI becomes central to the future of learning, Luis weighs its potential to enhance not replace human education. Can platforms like Duolingo balance fun, function, and cultural impact in a world increasingly shaped by algorithms?Tune in: You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his Linkedin, Twitter profiles and read his Newspaper Articles. You can follow Himani Kothari on her Linkedin, Twitter profiles and read his Newspaper Articles. If you like this episode, check out more Corner Office Conversations from the podcast: Adar Poonawalla, Sandip Patel, The Mega Listing Of Vishal Retail, Antonoaldo Neves, Rajesh Jejurikar, Srikanth Velamakanni, and more!Catch the latest episode of ‘The Morning Brief’ on ET Play, The Economic Times Online, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Amazon Music and Youtube.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of No Priors, Sarah talks to Luis von Ahn, founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world's most popular education app with over 116 million monthly users and a market cap of approximately $17 billion. Controversially, it has recently committed to being “AI-first.” They discuss why motivation is the biggest challenge in education, how Duolingo harnesses game mechanics and behavioral insights to keep learners engaged, and the company's efforts to leverage AI to personalize education at scale. Luis also shares thoughts on the Duolingo brand, courses beyond language (chess and math), and the broader impact of AI on content creation. Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @LuisvonAhn Links: Duolingo is now AI-First: http://bit.ly/3RQzny3 Show Notes: 0:00 Introduction 4:01  Optimizing learning behavior through tech 11:20 Adopting AI at Duolingo 17:25 AI's threat to content companies 18:34 An unhinged corporate brand 21:28 How do people learn? 25:16 What people misunderstand about Duolingo? 26:24 How AI is transforming learning at scale 30:28 Leveraging AI across the business

Duolingo co-founder Luis von Ahn joins Guy on the Advice Line to answer questions from three early-stage founders. Plus, Luis shares insights on how data can help entrepreneurs understand what their customers really want.First, Steph in Chicago wonders how to manage expansion opportunities for her art-filled vending machines. Then Blair from Atlanta discusses his challenge of selecting which products to focus on with his tech accessories brand. And finally, Stephanie in Indiana considers the best way to fund more employees for her growing business designing living plant walls. Thank you to the founders Good Things Vending, Bair, and Naturspire for being a part of our show.If you'd like to be featured on a future Advice Line episode, leave us a one-minute message that tells us about your business and a specific question you'd like answered. Send a voice memo to hibt@id.wondery.com or call 1-800-433-1298.And be sure to listen to Duolingo's founding story as told by Luis on the show in 2020.This episode was produced by Katherine Sypher with music by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by Casey Herman. Our audio engineer was Cena Loffredo.You can follow HIBT on X & Instagram and sign up for Guy's free newsletter at guyraz.com and on Substack.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How do you get someone to learn everyday? Make it addictive… in a good way. Luis von Ahn has mastered engagement with Duolingo, transforming it into the largest education app on earth with over 40M daily users. And in our exclusive interview, Duolingo CEO announces the next product: Chess.In this episode, you'll hear…Why the CEO (proudly) calls Duolingo “addictive”Why he will never open an office in Silicon ValleyThe psychology behind push notifications, streaks, and the unhinged owlDuolingo's viral super bowl commercial (aka “The Growing Butt”)Using fire to fire fight in the fight against social media “If it's not fun, it won't work”Why “screen-time” isn't a problem — it's inevitableWhy artists will beat nerds in the age of AIHow millionaires on Duolingo subsidize migrantsWhy Duolingo employees didn't want to make money (at first)Watch the extended version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod —-----------------------------------------------------Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It's The Best Idea Yet.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duolingo's creator Luis von Ahn learns the word for "learning" in Chinese and shares his incredible vision for enabling millions of people all over the world to learn languages for free. ✨ BIG NEWS ✨ Our brand new Talk Chineasy App, is now live on the App Store! Free to download and perfect for building your speaking confidence from Day 1. portaly.cc/chineasy Visit our website for more info about the app.

Would you practise your Chinese with a robot?! Luis von Ahn reveals to ShaoLan how the future of language learning is quickly becoming a reality and that new AI to help us learn will soon be available. Learn Mandarin for Chabot in the process! ✨ BIG NEWS ✨ Our brand new Talk Chineasy App, is now live on the App Store! Free to download and perfect for building your speaking confidence from Day 1. portaly.cc/chineasy Visit our website for more info about the app.

With over 300 million users, Duolingo is the worlds biggest language learning platform. Its founder Luis von Ahn chats to ShaoLan about how it all started, and he also learns how to say "language" in Chinese. A hugely inspiring episode! ✨ BIG NEWS ✨ Our brand new Talk Chineasy App, is now live on the App Store! Free to download and perfect for building your speaking confidence from Day 1. portaly.cc/chineasy Visit our website for more info about the app.

In today's episode ofThe Eric Ries Show, I am joined by Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of Duolingo. With Duolingo, his mission was simple: make language learning accessible to everyone—not to build a for-profit company. Fast forward to today, and Duolingo has grown into a $17 billion business with a reported 90% of the online daily active users in the language learning market. In our conversation today, we discuss the following topics: • How hiring an intern led to Duolingo's viral mascot • Duolingo's revenue strategy that helped their stock be up over 100% in the past year• How only 10% of users pay but make about 30% of the revenue in the education app category• The newly published Duolingo Handbook and its critical role within the company• How turning learning into a game changed everything • Why Duolingo spent the first five years focusing on improving retention • Duolingo's unique approach to experimentation and how to apply it • Why Duolingo isn't focused on market investors but on building a 100-year company • And much more!—Brought to you by:• Wilson Sonsini – Wilson Sonsini is the innovation economy's law firm.Learn more.—Where to find Luis von Ahn:• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-von-ahn-duolingo/• X:https://x.com/luisvonahn—Where to find Eric:• Newsletter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ericries.carrd.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ericriesshow.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theericriesshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ —In This Episode We Cover:(00:00) Intro(03:10) How Duolingo's passive-aggressive mascot, Duo, became an internet sensation(09:21) Why Luis took a chance on the Duo campaign—despite his doubts(11:30) Take the long view: Duolingo's principle to build a lasting brand(12:52) Duolingo's commitment to excellence (14:54) Luis's journey to entrepreneurship (18:28) Luis's MacArthur Fellowship “genius” award (20:13) The inspiration behind Duolingo's mission and how they stay in alignment with it(26:16) Early learnings that shaped Duolingo into a fun product (29:14) How Duolingo gained an edge over Rosetta Stone(32:45) How a company with no revenue can be worth a billion dollars (33:10) The VC who pushed Luis and Severin to monetize (36:05) How Duolingo stays focused on long-term sustainability (40:12) A mistake Duolingo made by focusing on the quarter rather than long term (42:15) The importance of trust and “the cultural bank”(44:11) Duo class shares and ways Duolingo resists hyper-monetization (46:30) A case for staying under-monetized (48:23) Why Duolingo wrote a handbook, and the process of creating it(54:00) The cadence of evaluating the relevance of the handbook (55:01) Eric's “two-way reviews” (58:34) An explanation of Duolingo's “green machine” (1:01:42) Product reviews and a/b testing at Duolingo (1:06:32) Why Duolingo takes a stance against MVPs in their handbook(1:10:07) How Duolingo's v1 meets Eric's definition of MVP(1:11:45) Duolingo's early strategy focused on retention (1:16:22) Duolingo's testing philosophy (1:18:13) Lightning round—You can find the transcript and references at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ericriesshow.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—Production and marketing by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://penname.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Eric may be an investor in the companies discussed.

Jose Rasco of HSBC and Jim Paulsen of Paulsen Perspectives break down market dynamics. Jared Holz of Mizuho delves into the intersection of GLP-1 drugs and Medicare, while Mike Santoli provides actionable takeaways with his dashboards.David Joyce from Seaport Research Partners analyzes Netflix's latest moves, and Pramol Dhawan of PIMCO shares his expertise on emerging markets and India's growth story. Luis Von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo, on the uptick in users learning Mandarin as TikTok ban looms, and Stifel's Brian Gardner wraps up the hour with a look at Trump trade policies. 

Duolingo has fundamentally changed the landscape of self-guided education, starting with language learning. It is now a $9B publicly traded company in a space where everyone thought you could never build a large and exciting company. We're joined by Duolingo founder and CEO, Luis von Ahn. Luis dives into how learning English was transformative in his personal trajectory and opportunities in his life, inspiring him to create the most successful EdTech product of all time. A few topics in this episode:How Duolingo became a leader in the gamification and mobile-first movements in the early 2010sHow the company balances rigorous experimentation with gut instinct to build an app with customer experience at its coreThe backstory of Duolingo's “unhinged, yet wholesome” green owl mascot trending on your TikTok feedSponsors:Vanta

Luis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. There are lots of opportunities to enhance a product like Duolingo with AI, and we talk about all that — but I also wanted to talk to Luis about learning, generally. Duolingo is a global product, and there are a lot of tech tensions there, dealing with different user needs worldwide. We talk about it all in a pretty direct way... including all those unhinged things the owl does on social media. Links:  Duolingo Introduces AI-Powered Innovations at Duocon 2024 (Duolingo) Video Call with Lily (Duolingo / YouTube) AI Boosts Duolingo As Company Posts First Profit (Nasdaq) Foreign Language Training (US State Department) Exploring My Villain Origin Story (Duolingo / TikTok) Duolingo cuts workers as it relies more on AI (The Washington Post) Why Silicon Valley Is Talking About Founder Mode (The New York Times) Duolingo's Math and Music lessons finally hit Android a year after iOS (Android Police) Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on taking it back to basics (Decoder / The Verge) How Duolingo is using its 'unhinged content' with Duo the Owl (Digiday) How we turned Duo's butt into a viral Super Bowl commercial (Duolingo) A Duolingo employee has apologised for joking about Amber Heard (The Tab)  Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. This episode was edited by Xander Adams. Our supervising producer is Liam James. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn speaks AI powering Doulingo to all time highs. Von Ahn speaks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller, Sonali Basak, and Katie Greifeld.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duolingo Co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn shares his journey from creating CAPTCHA, founding a multi-billion dollar language learning app, and how his company produced their delightfully unhinged mascot.

Breakthroughs in generative AI have created enormous opportunities for humans to learn from computers. We can use them to explain the news, understand historical concepts, fix our coding errors, and so forth. But of course, AI also has to learn from human. The technology digests enormous amounts of written text, and often relies on human feedback to calibrate its models. Luis von Ahn has been at the forefront of these back and forth interactions for years. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo, the language learning app, but prior to that, he was one of the original developers of CAPTCHAs, the little puzzles you solve to log into websites and prove that you're a human. And of course, in the process of proving your humanity, you're also training computers to get better at identifying red lights, cross walks, bicycles and wavy letters. On this episode, we discuss the history of his work, the future of CAPTCHAs, the success of Duolingo and how he is using today's advanced AI models in aid of language learnings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duolingo's creator Luis von Ahn learns the word for "learning" in Chinese and shares his incredible vision for enabling millions of people all over the world to learn languages for free.

Would you practise your Chinese with a robot?! Luis von Ahn reveals to ShaoLan how the future of language learning is quickly becoming a reality and that new AI to help us learn will soon be available. Learn Mandarin for Chabot in the process!

With over 300 million users, Duolingo is the worlds biggest language learning platform. Its founder Luis von Ahn chats to ShaoLan about how it all started, and he also learns how to say "language" in Chinese. A hugely inspiring episode!

In 2000, Luis von Ahn was starting his PhD in computer science when he attended a talk and happened to learn about one of Yahoo's biggest problems: automated bots were signing up for millions of free Yahoo email accounts, and generating tons of spam. Luis' idea to solve this problem became CAPTCHA, the squiggly letters we type into a website to prove we're human. He gave away that idea for free, but years later, that same idea had evolved into a new way to monetize language learning on the web, and became Duolingo. Today, Duolingo is a publicly-traded company with a market cap of $9 billion.This episode was produced by Casey Herman, with music composed by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by Neva Grant.You can follow HIBT on X & Instagram, and email us at hibt@id.wondery.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He explains how Duolingo harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get you excited to learn — all while spreading access to education across the world.

(0:00) Intro(0:54) Building a Culture of Iteration and Continuous Improvement(2:29) The Importance of User Retention in Duolingo's Growth(3:24) The Power of A/B Testing in Product Development(7:57) Balancing User Feedback and Data in Product Design(10:24) The Role of Marketing in Duolingo's Growth(15:54) The Importance of Setting Constraints in Product Development(18:35) The Role of Metrics in Decision Making(24:02) The Power of Viral Marketing and Memes in Brand Building(30:44) The Impact of Social Media Marketing on User Acquisition(35:41) The Impact of Passive Aggressive Notifications(37:42) Dealing with Controversial Content and Backlash(42:40) The Importance of Being Scrappy in Marketing(45:13) The Challenges of Teaching Languages(49:25) The Importance of User Retention in Duolingo(51:14) The Journey to Monetizing Duolingo(56:40) The Challenges of Introducing Monetization in Duolingo(1:04:16) The Expansion of Duolingo Beyond Languages(1:09:13) Growing User Base and Utilizing AI(1:11:16) Impact of Going Public on Duolingo's Operations(1:16:00) The Importance of Employee Selection in Duolingo(1:22:42) The entrepreneurial journey(1:33:46) Improving the Education System(1:37:21) The honeypot website to catch cheating students Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah ClapperMixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyExecutive Producer: Josh Machiz 

Neste episódio da quarta temporada do Metanoia Lab, patrocinado pela Oi Soluções, o Andrea (andreaiorio.com) analisa uma fala do Luis Von Ahn, co-fundador do Duolingo e professor de ciência da computação na Carnegie Mellon, que fala sobre o fato que existem algumas competências especificas que maximizam nossa habilidade de gerar renda e de se tornar empreendedores "Solo", vs. as competências tradicionais que nos são ensinadas na educação tradicional. O Andrea chama essas competências de "Real Skills", e as diferencia das Hard Skills e das Soft Skills nesse episódio.

Guest: Luis von Ahn, CEO and co-founder of DuolingoWhen Luis von Ahn wanted to go to college in the United States, he had to take a standardized test called the TOEFL, or Test of English as a Foreign Language. But there was nowhere in his home country of Guatemala that could accommodate another test-taker, so he flew to war-torn El Salvador, just to take the TOEFL. Many years later, as the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, Luis and his team “decided this type of thing, we could do a lot better.” Today, more than 4,500 universities accept the results of the online Duolingo English Test — a boon for the estimated 2 billion people currently learning English around the world.In this episode, Luis and Joubin discuss returning to the office, Carnegie Mellon, identifying strivers, the “Luis dashboard,” ignoring Reddit, pre-meetings, the hardest part of learning, sounding dumb, private security, the job of a professor, digitizing books, working out every day, April Fools' campaigns, Duo the owl, and hiring nice people.In this episode, we cover: Working in Pittsburgh, in-person (00:57) How Duolingo hires (06:48) Growing up in Guatemala (10:29) Luis' parents, intelligence, and drive (12:09) His morning routine (16:56) Ground truth (19:39) “The smaller the team, the better” (22:29) Language education and human behavior (24:32) Learning English (28:53) Back to Guatemala (32:03) CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA (36:10) Money vs. impact (41:26) Luis' TEDx Talk and public speaking tips (44:46) Love Language and nontraditional marketing (48:46) Doubling down on what works (53:27) Slow hiring (56:44) Would Luis ever start something new? (59:28) Who Duolingo is hiring and what “grit” means to Luis (01:01:46) Links: Connect with Luis Twitter LinkedIn Connect with Joubin Twitter LinkedIn Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com  Learn more about Kleiner Perkins This episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He explains how Duolingo harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get you excited to learn — all while spreading access to education across the world.

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He explains how Duolingo harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get you excited to learn — all while spreading access to education across the world.

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He explains how Duolingo harnesses the psychological techniques of social media and mobile games to get you excited to learn — all while spreading access to education across the world.

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Luis von Ahn created the most used educational app, Duolingo. He aims to make learning available to all. Here's what we talk about in this episode: Alternative, Business, Creativity, Culture, Education, Entrepreneur, Future, Global issues, International, Technology

Guatemala se acerca al balotaje y la corrupción es uno los temas que más inquietud causa entre la población. Para el director ejecutivo y cofundador de Duolingo, el guatemalteco Luis von Ahn, la solución para este y otros problemas empieza con el voto por el candidato Bernardo Arévalo y el Movimiento Semilla, que han marcado distancia de la corrupción. Esto fue lo que el reconocido empresario dijo en Conclusiones.Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

Guatemala se acerca al balotaje y la corrupción es uno los temas que más inquietud causa entre la población. Para el director ejecutivo y cofundador de Duolingo, el guatemalteco Luis von Ahn, la solución para este y otros problemas empieza con el voto por el candidato Bernardo Arévalo y el Movimiento Semilla, que han marcado distancia de la corrupción. Esto fue lo que el reconocido empresario dijo en Conclusiones.Para conocer sobre cómo CNN protege la privacidad de su audiencia, visite CNN.com/privacidad

Casi mil millones de personas han utilizado la plataforma “Duolingo” para aprender idiomas; 1 de cada 8 seres humanos ha interactuado con ella. Detrás de este invento, está el talento de un joven hispano.

Duolingo's creator Luis von Ahn learns the word for "learning" in Chinese and shares his incredible vision for enabling millions of people all over the world to learn languages for free.

Would you practise your Chinese with a robot?! Luis von Ahn reveals to ShaoLan how the future of language learning is quickly becoming a reality and that new AI to help us learn will soon be available. Learn Mandarin for Chabot in the process!

With over 300 million users, Duolingo is the worlds biggest language learning platform. Its founder Luis von Ahn chats to ShaoLan about how it all started, and he also learns how to say "language" in Chinese. A hugely inspiring episode!

If you're not one of their 500 million users, Duolingo is a phenomenally successful app where you practise a language in small chunks every day. Launched in 2012, it has become the number one language learning app and the most downloaded education app in the world. The company floated in 2021 and currently has a market cap of just under 4 billion dollars.  It's rare for a founder to be brilliant at both invention and business but Luis Von Ahn, the Co-Founder and CEO of Duolingo, is one of them. Before Duolingo, he invented Captcha - those squiggly letters you have to write out to prove you're not a computer. The guy's a genius, and that's a fact. He actually won an award for being one in 2006, the prestigious Macarthur Fellows Program award. It's colloquially known as the genius grant, because it's said you have to be one to get it.  Luis grew up in a single parent household in Guatemala. His mother spent all the money she could sending him to the best school she could afford. This experience, of seeing the difference between those who receive a good education and those who don't, would later form the basis of Duolingo. But when Luis and his Co-Founder Severin started Duolingo in 2012 they had a big problem - how could they keep their users coming back? Listen to find out.  Show notes: (01:50) - The beginning of Duolingo (08:40) - Getting first interested in computers at 8 years old.  (11:15) - Inventing CAPTCHA (16:00) - Selling reCAPTCHA to Google  (19:45) - How he handled suddenly becoming very rich  (23:30) - The key things they did right with Duolingo in the early days (25:25) - How they got their users to stay motivated (29:00) - Working out how to teach Gen Z (33:00) - Why he doesn't see Google Translate as a competitor (35:40) - Using crowdsourcing as a tool to grow the business (40:35) - His advice for other entrepreneurs We'd love your feedback hello@secretleaders.com Sponsor links: evelyn.com/secretleaders oto.com/power *get 20% off with code secret* vorboss.com/secretleaders vanta.com/secretleaders

Luis von Ahn, Co-Founder and CEO of Duolingo — How to Be (Truly) Mission-Driven, Monetization Experiments, 10x Growth, Org Chart Iterations for Impacting Metrics, The Intricate Path to an IPO, Best Hiring Practices, Catching Exam Cheaters, The Allure of Toto Toilets, The Future of Duolingo, and How to Stand Out in Your Career | Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, Helix Sleep premium mattresses, and LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 800M+ users. More on all three below.Luis von Ahn (@LuisvonAhn) is an entrepreneur and consulting professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who is considered one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is known for co-inventing CAPTCHAs, being a MacArthur fellow, and selling two companies to Google in his twenties.He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, a language-learning platform created to bring free language education to the world. With more than 500 million users, it is now the most popular language-learning platform and the most downloaded education app in the world.Luis has been named one of the Brilliant 10 by Popular Science, one of the 50 Best Brains in Science by Discover, one of the Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review, and one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. Luis also won the 2018 Lemelson-MIT prize, the largest cash prize for invention in the U.S.This episode is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. Whether you are looking to hire now for a critical role or thinking about needs that you may have in the future, LinkedIn Jobs can help. LinkedIn screens candidates for the hard and soft skills you're looking for and puts your job in front of candidates looking for job opportunities that match what you have to offer.Using LinkedIn's active community of more than 800 million professionals worldwide, LinkedIn Jobs can help you find and hire the right person faster. 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A special preview of the podcast, Unsung Science with David Pogue from CBS News. Journalist and author David Pogue finds the untold creation stories behind the most mind-blowing advances in science and tech—and hears from the characters involved—from their first inspiration to the times they almost gave up. This episode looks at the bad guys who used software bots to sign up for millions of fake email accounts—for sending out spam. Then, PhD student Luis Von Ahn stopped them. He invented the CAPTCHA, that website login test where you have to decipher the distorted image of a word. Or you have to find the traffic lights or fire hydrants in a grid of nine blurry photos. Those tests help to keep down the volume of spam, spyware, and misinformation; they advance the clarity of digitized books and the intelligence of self-driving cars; and, by the way, they made a handsome profit. The only problem: We HATE those tests! Guest: Luis Von Ahn, co-inventor of CAPTCHA, co-inventor and CEO of Duolingo. Hear more episodes of Unsung Science at https://unsungscience.com/. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Born in Guatemala Luis von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform. BONUS EPISODES Patreon: ✨www.patreon.com/latinamericaneo✨

I'm sharing a special preview of the new podcast, What's Your Problem from Pushkin Industries. What's Your Problem explains the problems really smart people are trying to solve right now, from creating a drone delivery service to building a car that can truly drive itself. Jacob Goldstein, former host of Planet Money, talks with entrepreneurs, executives, and engineers about the future they're trying to build – and the problems they have to solve to get there. In this preview, Jacob talks with Luis Von Ahn, the founder and CEO of DuoLingo, who explains the problems he has to solve to enable computers to respond to questions like a human would. You can listen to What's Your Problem? at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/wypunsung.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Duolingo's creator Luis von Ahn learns the word for "learning" in Chinese and shares his incredible vision for enabling millions of people all over the world to learn languages for free.

多邻国（Duolingo）是全球最流行的语言学习软件，它有超过5亿注册用户、4000万月活用户和近1000万日活用户；它拿到过Google的投资，6月底递交招股书——如果放在往常，我们或许会做一期节目，介绍一下这个创业公司是如何做出一个全球流行的App，或是谈谈它和其他语言学习应用的差异。不过这一期节目，我们不准备在多邻国的故事上停留太久，而是想先讲讲它的创始人Luis Von Ahn更古早的创业故事。这个故事不仅和他之后创办多邻国息息相关，而且与我们每个人的关系也更近。Luis发明了一个几乎所有网民都用过的产品——验证码。后来，他又把那些歪歪扭扭的字母和数字，变成了一个有益的项目和一个赚钱的生意。| 主播 |肖文杰 | 《第一财经》杂志主笔许冰清 | 《第一财经》杂志主笔| 时间轴 |03:14 发明验证码的故事05:54 “互联网众包”15:50 多邻国和其他同类软件的不同点17:03 你甚至可以在这里学习克林贡语……19:16 手机上考试就能取代托福雅思？| 延伸阅读 |《最有趣的对手在中国》本文刊载于《第一财经》杂志2020年5月刊，我们介绍了多邻国的商业模式，也对创始人Luis von Ahn做了专访。Luis von Ahn的TED演讲：https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=zh-CN节目中提到的“reCAPTCHA”验证码服务的网址：https://developers.google.cn/recaptcha/| 后期制作 |王怡宁| 收听方式 |你可以通过小宇宙播客App、苹果播客、Spotify、喜马拉雅、网易云音乐、QQ音乐等平台收听节目。| 认识我们 |微信公众号：第一财经YiMagazine

多邻国（Duolingo）是全球最流行的语言学习软件，它有超过5亿注册用户、4000万月活用户和近1000万日活用户；它拿到过Google的投资，6月底递交招股书——如果放在往常，我们或许会做一期节目，介绍一下这个创业公司是如何做出一个全球流行的App，或是谈谈它和其他语言学习应用的差异。不过这一期节目，我们不准备在多邻国的故事上停留太久，而是想先讲讲它的创始人Luis Von Ahn更古早的创业故事。这个故事不仅和他之后创办多邻国息息相关，而且与我们每个人的关系也更近。Luis发明了一个几乎所有网民都用过的产品——验证码。后来，他又把那些歪歪扭扭的字母和数字，变成了一个有益的项目和一个赚钱的生意。| 主播 |肖文杰 | 《第一财经》杂志主笔许冰清 | 《第一财经》杂志主笔| 时间轴 |03:14 发明验证码的故事05:54 “互联网众包”15:50 多邻国和其他同类软件的不同点17:03 你甚至可以在这里学习克林贡语……19:16 手机上考试就能取代托福雅思？| 延伸阅读 |《最有趣的对手在中国》本文刊载于《第一财经》杂志2020年5月刊，我们介绍了多邻国的商业模式，也对创始人Luis von Ahn做了专访。Luis von Ahn的TED演讲：https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=zh-CN节目中提到的“reCAPTCHA”验证码服务的网址：https://developers.google.cn/recaptcha/| 后期制作 |王怡宁| 收听方式 |你可以通过小宇宙播客App、苹果播客、Spotify、喜马拉雅、网易云音乐、QQ音乐等平台收听节目。| 认识我们 |微信公众号：第一财经YiMagazine

多邻国（Duolingo）是全球最流行的语言学习软件，它有超过5亿注册用户、4000万月活用户和近1000万日活用户；它拿到过Google的投资，6月底递交招股书——如果放在往常，我们或许会做一期节目，介绍一下这个创业公司是如何做出一个全球流行的App，或是谈谈它和其他语言学习应用的差异。不过这一期节目，我们不准备在多邻国的故事上停留太久，而是想先讲讲它的创始人Luis Von Ahn更古早的创业故事。这个故事不仅和他之后创办多邻国息息相关，而且与我们每个人的关系也更近。Luis发明了一个几乎所有网民都用过的产品——验证码。后来，他又把那些歪歪扭扭的字母和数字，变成了一个有益的项目和一个赚钱的生意。| 主播 |肖文杰 | 《第一财经》杂志主笔许冰清 | 《第一财经》杂志主笔| 时间轴 |03:14 发明验证码的故事05:54 “互联网众包”15:50 多邻国和其他同类软件的不同点17:03 你甚至可以在这里学习克林贡语……19:16 手机上考试就能取代托福雅思？| 延伸阅读 |《最有趣的对手在中国》本文刊载于《第一财经》杂志2020年5月刊，我们介绍了多邻国的商业模式，也对创始人Luis von Ahn做了专访。Luis von Ahn的TED演讲：https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=zh-CN节目中提到的“reCAPTCHA”验证码服务的网址：https://developers.google.cn/recaptcha/| 后期制作 |王怡宁| 收听方式 |你可以通过小宇宙播客App、苹果播客、Spotify、喜马拉雅、网易云音乐、QQ音乐等平台收听节目。| 认识我们 |微信公众号：第一财经YiMagazine

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Se você é apaixonado por idiomas e já tentou aprender alguma língua, com certeza conhece o Duolingo, uma das maiores plataformas de ensino de idiomas do mundo. Fundada em 2011 pelo professor de ciências da computação, Luis Von Ahn, que também é criador do famoso reCaPTCHA - sistema que protege sites de ataques de robôs - a ferramenta foi lançada no Brasil em 2012, conquistando um grande público que sonha em aprender vários idiomas de forma divertida. Atualmente, o Duolingo tem mais de 500 milhões de usuários, sendo 30 milhões apenas aqui no país.  E para falar um pouco mais sobre a história da plataforma e suas expansão no Brasil, o Seu Podcast de Turismo, neste episódio, conversou com Analigia Martins, diretora de marketing do Duolingo. Oferecendo mais de 100 cursos em 40 idiomas diferentres, que vão do inglês ao esperanto, a empresa vem cada vez mais se destacando nas mídias digitais, crescimento que pode ser explicado, principalmente, por dois fatores: ensino gratuito aliado ao entretenimento.   "Uma das principais características do Duolingo é a diversão. Aprender uma outra língua é um processo complexo e que exige leveza, pois assim fica mais prazeroso estudar", diz Analigia, que destaca a importância de aprender um outro idioma. "Ampliar o conhecimento linguístico é muito importante atualmente, muda a vida das pessoas, seja no trabalho ou em projetos pessoais, e é exatamente isso que move a empresa. Temos como propósito aproximar pessoas ao mesmo tempo que oferecemos um ensino de qualidade e gratuito", destaca a diretora. E é esse desejo de mudar de vida que tem motivado milhares de brasileiros a baixarem o aplicativo, tornando o Brasil o segundo maior mercado do Duolingo, ficando atrás apenas dos Estados Unidos. "Inicialmente, a maior divulgação do aplicativo foi no famoso boca a boca, não tínhamos estratégias de divulgação específica para o Brasil. Porém, com o passar do tempo, o crescimento foi tão grande que passamos a apostar nesse potencial com a divulgação nas redes sociais", conta Martins. Duolingo e Tinder Como já sabemos, uma das maiores características do Duolingo é o bom humor, e foi justamente isso que uniu a empresa com um dos maiores aplicativos de relacionamento do mundo, o Tinder.  A parceria entre as empresas permite que membros do Tinder, através da função  Passaporte, contem com a ajuda da corujinha verde para se comunicar em diferentes idiomas sem a necessidade do Google tradutor. Ficou curioso? Quer saber mais sobre o Duolingo? Confira a entrevista completa através do Seu Podcast de Turismo, nas plataformas Spotify, Google Play e Apple. https://www.brasiltravelnews.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SeuPodcast-de-Turismo_Ep_80.m4a