How do you get someone to learn everyday? Make it addictive⌠in a good way. Luis von Ahn has mastered engagement with Duolingo, transforming it into the largest education app on earth with over 40M daily users.Â
And in our exclusive interview, Duolingo CEO announces the next product: Chess.
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Why the CEO (proudly) calls ... Show More
Nov 21
đ Lyft's Bold New Strategy (with CEO David Risher)
<p>Lyftâs comeback story ain't Uberâs playbook â itâs something different.</p><p>David Risher, Amazon employee #37 and now Lyftâs CEO, joins us to break down the strategy driving Lyftâs turnaround.</p><p>This guy has a total TBOY vibe, he's doubled Lyft's stock price, and reveals ... Show More
53m 26s
Nov 2024
Why Duolingo Worked (with Luis von Ahn, CEO)
Duolingo has fundamentally changed the landscape of self-guided education, starting with language learning. It is now a $9B publicly traded company in a space where everyone thought you could never build a large and exciting company. Weâre joined by Duolingo founder and CEO, Luis ... Show More
1h 3m
Apr 2025
Emmanuel Orssaud (Duolingo) | April Fool's Day Measured in Smiles
<p>Happy April Fools! To celebrate the spirit of first day of April, Jim welcomes to the show one of Duo the Owlâs best friends, Emmanuel Orssaud, the Chief Marketing Officer of Duolingo, one of the hottest growth brands in the world with one of the hottest mascots in the world. ... Show More
49m 56s
May 2025
20VC: Duolingo Co-Founder on Why $3M is Harder than $100M to Raise | Why You Should Always Take Tier 1 VCs Even at Worse Terms | Why Europe Can't Win Unless the US Screws Up | How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education with Severin Hacker
<p dir="ltr">Severin Hacker is the Co-Founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world's most downloaded education app with over 100 million monthly users. Since its 2021 IPO, Duolingo has reached a market cap of $20BN. The company has raised over $183M from top-tier investors including Ca ... Show More
1h 31m
Apr 2025
Who killed Duo? How Duolingo built a brand on entertainment
Today, Iâm joined by James Kuczynski, Creative Director at Duolingo, and Dan Salkey, Founding Partner at Small World, for a conversation on how to build truly entertaining brands.Fresh off their SXSW panel titled "Entertain or Die", named after a report by Small World, we explore ... Show More
53m 6s
Aug 6
S8E8: Luis von Ahn Is Making Screen Time Count
<p>Luis von Ahn was a tenured professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University who had sold a company to Google. âYou were pretty set, a lot of us would say, so why were you so hungry to build something new with Duolingo?â asks Ayesha Karnik, MBA â25. </p><p>âFor ... Show More
57m 51s
Oct 5
How to find hidden growth opportunities in your product | Albert Cheng (Duolingo, Grammarly, Chess.com)
Albert Cheng has led growth at three of the worldâs most successful consumer subscription companies: Duolingo, Grammarly, and Chess.com. A former Google product manager (and serious pianist!), Albert developed a unique approach to finding and scaling growth opportunities through ... Show More
1h 25m