Duolingo's founder emphasizes making language learning engaging to compete with social media, highlighting their free ...

Skeptics remain. Teachers' unions argue that pedagogy is more than flashcards; von Ahn counters that the coming disruption "is a mind shift," not a pink-slip apocalypse. With 116 million monthly users ...

Duolingo cofounder and CEO Luis von Ahn posted an email on LinkedIn that he had just sent to all employees at his company. In ...

Duolingo's founder and CEO is sparking controversy with his recent statements that AI should replace teachers since ...

Luis von Ahn is the cofounder and CEO of Duolingo, a popular language-learning app with more than 31 million monthly active users. The public company has a market cap of over $9 billion.

Luis von Ahn says AI isn't replacing jobs at Duolingo, but will require staff to rethink how they work. That may let some ...

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn predicts AI will revolutionize education, shifting schools towards childcare and supervision. He argues AI's scalability all ...

In an all-hands email from CEO Luis von Ahn, which Duolingo shared April 28 on LinkedIn, he said the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-headquartered company will "shift to AI." Ahn likened the change to ...

Luis von Ahn sees AI transforming education, with schools focusing on childcare as AI handles personalized learning, impacting teaching roles.

In late April and early May 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn said the language-learning app would become "AI-first" and replace contractors with artificial ...

Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of the popular Pittsburgh-based language learning app Duolingo, just declared he’s firmly in the first camp, in a letter to staff explaining that the company is ...

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn only hires people with five qualities: those who “take the long view,” show and don’t tell, and bring fun into the office. Gen Z “personality hires” bringing ...