Duolingo
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Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Founder(s) | Luis von Ahn, Severin Hacker |
CEO | Luis von Ahn |
Industry | Online education, Professional certification, Translation, Crowdsourcing |
Services | Language courses, Duolingo Test Center, Duolingo for Schools |
Slogan(s) | Free language education for the world |
Website | duolingo |
Alexa rank | ![]() |
Advertising | yes |
Registration | yes |
Available in | |
Current status | Online |
Duolingo is a free language-learning program.[2] Its website and mobile apps can be used on iOS, Android, Windows 8 and 10 operating systems. Duolingo allows people to learn over 106 different language courses in 43 languages.[3][4]
History
[change | change source]The project was started by Professor Luis von Ahn and graduate student Severin Hacker. The main development language used was Python.
Products and services
[change | change source]Courses
[change | change source]Language courses
[change | change source]Duolingo has 184 language courses teaching 42 languages.[5]
Offices and workforce
[change | change source]Duolingo is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has offices in Seattle, New York,[6] Detroit,[7] Beijing, and Berlin.[8] Duolingo employs around 830 people.[9][10]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Duolingo". Ranking. Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ↑ Jill Duffy (August 6, 2015). "Duolingo". PC Magazine. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ↑ "100M users strong, Duolingo raises $45M led by Google at a $470M valuation to grow language-learning platform". Venture beat. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Duolingo – Learn Languages for Free". Windows phone. Microsoft. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ↑ Matt (February 20, 2023). "The Complete List Of EVERY Duolingo Language". Duoplanet. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ↑ Budds, Diana (September 5, 2024). "Inside Duolingo's stunning new NYC office, where employees get to choose where and how they work". Fast Company. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ↑ Perez, Sarah (July 9, 2024). "Duolingo acquires Detroit-based design studio Hobbes". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ↑ "Duolingo Careers". careers.duolingo.com. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ↑ SeanColombo (September 27, 2024). "I'm not sure, we don…". r/duolingo. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
- ↑ Patel, Nilay (October 14, 2024). "Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn thinks AI has a lot to teach us". The Verge. Retrieved November 2, 2024.