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  1. blog.duolingo.com › duolingos-values-a-letter-from-the-ceoDuolingo’s values: a letter from our CEO

    Apr 15, 2020 · Duolingo’s values: a letter from our CEO. by Luis von Ahn. Duolingo began with a question: what if we could teach languages for free? Learning a language used to require expensive classes, CDs, or tutors. I grew up in Guatemala, where learning English could double your income potential and change your family’s life.

  2. medium.com › csforall-stories › a-conversation-with-duolingoA #CSforALL Conversation with Inventor & Entrepreneur Luis von...

    Oct 3, 2018 · Luis von Ahn was born and raised in Guatemala and is an entrepreneur and computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who is considered one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is ...

  3. lemelson.mit.edu › sites › defaultCASE STUDY: LUIS VON AHN - Lemelson

    improving the world through technological invention. Luis von Ahn (Photo/Justin Merriman) Background and Early Life Luis von Ahn’s experiences growing up in Guatemala shaped his future. Raised by his mother, a physician, he became interested in computers and science at an early age. When von Ahn was 8 years old, his mother

  4. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Luis_von_AhnLuis von Ahn - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Luis von Ahn. Appearance. hide. Luis von Ahn (born August 19, 1978) is a Guatemalan entrepreneur and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is known for his work in crowdsourcing, and he founded reCAPTCHA, later sold to Google, and Duolingo. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  5. www.cs.cmu.edu › ~biglou › LuisvonAhn_CVLuis von Ahn - CMU School of Computer Science

    Luis von Ahn and Laura Dabbish. General Techniques for Designing Games with a Purpose. Communi-cations of the ACM, August 2008. Pages 58-67. Edith Law, Luis von Ahn, Roger Dannenberg and Michael Crawford. TagATune: a Game for Sound and Music Annotation. ISMIR 2007. Luis von Ahn, Shiry Ginosar, Mihir Kedia and Manuel Blum. Improving Image Search ...

  6. www.ted.com › talks › luis_von_ahn_how_to_make_learning_asLuis von Ahn: How to make learning as addictive as social media

    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 ...

  7. blog.duolingo.com › author › luisLuis von Ahn - Duolingo Blog

    Jul 30, 2021 · Luis von Ahn. CEO & co-founder of Duolingo October 24, 2022 A message from the CEO: how Duolingo can support the U.K. by Luis von Ahn Company. 18 de Jul de 2022 ...