One fact we're particularly proud of is that there are more people learning languages on Duolingo in the US than there are people learning languages in the entire US public school system. — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
If you get asked to do something that would take place down the road (say you get asked to speak at a conference that's… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
People are good at figuring out what's attractive, and computers are good at quickly searching and finding. You put them together, and bang! — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
In 2011, after spending a couple of years working at Google, I decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to helping to transform education.… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of TV. That's how I spend most of my time outside of work. If I had more time, I would… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
My first computer was a Commodore 64. I got it as a present from my mom when I was eight years old, and all… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
Basically, I want to make all of humanity more efficient by exploiting the human cycles that get wasted. — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
I worked on a number of projects that were used by millions of people and that also served as inspiration to what we now… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
Am I a slacker? I can be a slacker. When I was in college, most people got summer jobs for college or did research… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world. — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind. — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
The question that motivates my research is, if we can put a man on the Moon with 100,000 [people], what can we do with 100 million? — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
Before the Internet, coordinating more than 100,000 people, let alone paying them, was essentially impossible. But now with the Internet, I've just shown you… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
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