Duolingo was started by Professor Luis von Ahn of Carnegie Mellon University along with his graduate student Severin Hacker. Originally the concept behind Duolingo had a double purpose of teaching users a new language while also having users translate documents in the process. The latter feature has since been removed. Originally launching the beta version in 2011, the software quickly gained a waitlist of over 300,000 users. The ios version of the app was officially launched on Nov 13, 2012 and the android version was released in May of 2013. The app garnered over a million downloads within the first three weeks of its android launch and quickly became the #1 education app in the Google Play store. Citing “free education” as a source of inspiration, Duolingo’s founders showed that affordability can sometimes be the selling point of a product.
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I have had personal experiences with duo lingo, and I have to say it helps a ton, It is super cool to see a company that has a unique approach to learning a language, as well as making it fun and easy. I would love to see where this company taking its ideas to help the education industry!