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Company · Software · Technology · founded 2011

Duolingo

Educational technology company founded by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker that makes language-learning apps and language certification. Private beta launched in November 2011; it trades on Nasdaq as DUOL.

Of the 1 person here linked to Duolingo, 1 is a founder and 1 is still there. These are people who succeeded, not the odds of succeeding.

Description and founding year: en.wikipedia.org. Each person's role links to its own source on their profile.

1 person at Duolingo

Founder

Role

Co-founder and CEO, 2009–now

Also at

Source · medium confidence. His Wikipedia page says development began in 2009 with Severin Hacker; the company page dates the founding to 2011 (private beta November 2011). The infobox lists him as CEO and a 2025 passage refers to him as CEO.
Still there
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Luis von Ahn
Co-founder and CEO of Duolingo; inventor of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA
professional-class · well-connected · graduate degree