Technology Quotes by Luis von Ahn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Basically, I want to make all of humanity more efficient by exploiting the human cycles that get wasted.

— Luis von Ahn

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

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

I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world.

— Luis von Ahn

My ultimate research goal is to transform our human existence to just eating, sleeping, drinking, playing - nevermind.

— Luis von Ahn

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

I am an early riser, and always wake up between 5 and 6am.

— Luis von Ahn

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