Luis von Ahn

Luis von Ahn

computer scientist Guatemala

Luis von Ahn is a prominent Guatemalan-American computer scientist and entrepreneur, recognized for his innovative work in human computation and online learning. He is the co-founder of Duolingo, a popular language-learning platform, and was instrumental in developing the concept of Captchas, which transformed into the ReCaptcha system for digitizing books and improving machine learning.

Born on Aug 19, 1978 (46 years old)

Global Media Ratings
Dominance
0.00%
Persistence
0 wks
Reach
20,206
Power
146$
Sentiment
6.00
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
Peru 1 6.00 0.06% +0% 32,971,846 20,179 $230,000 141$
Liechtenstein 1 6.00 0.07% +0% 38,137 27 $6,900 5$
Totals 2 33,009,983 20,206 $236,900 146$
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.

Recent Mentions

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein: Luis Von Ahn, the Guatemalan multimillionaire who founded CAPTCHA and the language platform Duolingo, expressed concerns about the lack of AI training in Latin America. 6

O Estado de S. Paulo (Estadão): Alarmante atraso da América Latina no campo da inteligência artificial é a principal ameaça à região

Peru Peru: Luis von Ahn, the Guatemalan billionaire who founded Captcha and Duolingo, comments on the lack of AI development in Latin America. 6

El Comercio: El alarmante atraso de América Latina en inteligencia artificial, por Andrés Oppenheimer | OPINION

Colombia Colombia: Luis von Ahn is the CEO of Duolingo who has explored the topic of AI implementation in the company. 6

El Tiempo: 'No sé exactamente qué va a pasar'

Italy Italy: Luis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, who announced the company's shift towards AI to replace contract workers. 7

Corriere della Sera: Duolingo sostituirà i lavoratori a contratto con l'Intelligenza artificiale

Switzerland Switzerland: Luis von Ahn co-founded the language-learning app Duolingo and contributed to the development of Captchas. 9

Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Warum es immer schwieriger wird, das zu beweisen