The edtech company targets long-term partnerships with startups and considers buying them when building in-house isn’t efficient.

The leaders of AI companies themselves aren’t necessarily offering words of comfort to these worried workers. The Anthropic ...

Luis von Ahn says AI isn't replacing jobs at Duolingo, but will require staff to rethink how they work. That may let some ...

Once celebrated for its cheeky owl mascot and quirky social-media persona, Duolingo has suddenly found itself in the crosshairs of the very audience it once delighted. Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn ...

Despite assurances, many viewed this as a sign of deeper structural changes to the workforce. As of January 2024, Duolingo had already cut 10% of its contractor workforce, citing gains from AI ...

Duolingo’s user base and paid subscriptions are growing rapidly. The company’s new strategy is focused on expanding artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Management says the goal is ...

In any language, silence sounds just about the same. It carries a thunderous kick, though, when it comes from Duolingo, the world’s most popular language-learning app, and its famously ...

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Last month, Duolingo announced an AI-first shift ... indicated Klarna would look at students and rural areas to boost its workforce. Last year, Klarna, in an announcement, said AI was doing ...

In late April and early May 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn said the language-learning app would become "AI-first" and replace contractors with artificial ...

Some companies have been adjusting their workforce as they simultaneously ... The outlet reported over the weekend that Duolingo, UPS, Klarna, Cisco and Inuit are among some of the firms that ...

AI-driven scalability is transforming Duolingo from a language app into a broad-based education platform, propelling monthly active users to 130 million and enabling the launch of 148 new courses.