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#135: Luis Von Ahn on Learning Languages, Building Companies, and Changing the World

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How Did Duolingo Get Started?

duolingo is a free language learning app. It was founded by Eduardo Saverin, who came from guatemala and co-founded it with his former pht student A severin. Most people in the world learn english to get out of poverty but most are not able to afford expensive lessons like dolling or rosetta stone. Duolingo aims to give everyone access to foreign languages for free.

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