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reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits
In 2007 Luis von Ahn had a good idea ... according to Chuppl. "Re-captcha takes a pixel by pixel fingerprint of your browser, a realtime map of everything you do on the internet." ...
Business Insider6y
Bill Gates tried to poach the CEO of $700 million Duolingo, and they still keep in touch — here's what they talk about
But when Gates offered Luis Von Ahn, the cofounder of language learning ... also known as a "Genius Grant." He created captcha, the ubiquitous security technology that confirms people aren't ...
Fast Company4y
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How Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn gets so much done The Guatemala-born ... It takes a sixth of a minute for you to decipher a squiggly captcha and prove to the Internet you’re not a spambot.
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Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn Defends the Language App’s A.I. Spend Despite Stock Plunge
Most of Duolingo’s A.I. costs are tied to an OpenAI-powered video call feature introduced last year, CEO Luis von Ahn told analysts yesterday. Offered to subscribers of Duolingo Max, the company ...
Business Insider India6y
The CEO of a $700 million company uses a simple sentence to turn lazy employees around
Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn knows exactly what to do with lazy employees. "You can turn somebody from being a lazy person to being the most committed person if they honestly believe that the company ...
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Duolingo Ramps AI Investment as User Count Soars
Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) held its fourth-quarter 2024earnings callon February 27, 2025, reporting what CEO Luis von Ahn described as "an outstanding record quarter." The company saw daily active ...