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
36,345
Power
250$
Sentiment
6.00
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
Colombia 1 6.00 0.07% +0% 50,882,884 36,345 $350,000 250$
Totals 1 50,882,884 36,345 $350,000 250$
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Recent Mentions

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