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Severin Hacker (born July 6, 1984) is a Swiss computer scientist who is the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform.
Severin Hacker. I am the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo. Before Duolingo, I studied computer science and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a PhD. Before CMU, I studied at ETH Zürich, majoring in computer science. I grew up in Switzerland, and yes, my last name is real.
View Severin Hacker’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Severin co-founded Duolingo in 2011, to help people learn languages. Severin is the CTO…
28 Feb 2020 · In less than 10 years, Duolingo Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Severin Hacker has helped his company amass a loyal base of more than 300 million users around the world. Even with talks of an IPO on the horizon, the 36-year-old has no plans to slow down.
Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer & Board Director. Severin Hacker, Ph.D. has served as our Chief Technology Officer and a member of our board since co-founding Duolingo with Luis von Ahn in August 2011.
In 2009, Severin Hacker and Luis Von Ahn were holed up in the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University, turning over a seemingly impossible challenge: how to translate all one...
Learning a language once involved tutors, textbooks, and tons of cash. For many people around the world, this just didn’t work. So in 2011, Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker founded Duolingo: the free way to learn 30+ languages like Spanish, Chinese, and English.
