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Luis von Ahn was born and raised in Guatemala City. He is of German-Jewish and Guatemalan descent. [9] His mother was one of the first women in Guatemala to complete medical school. She gave birth to von Ahn at age 42, and raised him as a single mother. [10]
Initially, Hacker and his former graduate advisor, Luis von Ahn, wanted to develop an application that could translate internet sites, so that they would be accessible for non-English speakers. They felt that automated translation software wasn't as effective as using the skills and knowledge of bilingual speakers. [ 7 ]
Luis von Ahn Ryan Williams [1] Website: www.cs.cmu.edu /~mblum: Manuel Blum (born 26 April 1938) is a Venezuelan born American computer scientist who received the ...
Von Ahn’s commitment to keeping Duolingo free for its users ironically became the competitive advantage that allowed it to disrupt the online language-learning world and reach a $10 billion ...
Before Luis von Ahn co-founded Duolingo, a gamified language-learning app used by hundreds of millions around the world, he was fixated on squiggly letters. ... Von Ahn is joining us at TechCrunch ...
Name Notable company or companies Rony Abovitz: Magic Leap, MAKO Surgical Corp.: Josh Abramson: CollegeHumor, Vimeo, TeePublic: Brian Acton: WhatsApp: Rick Adams ...
Kristie Ahn (born 1992), American tennis player; Natalie Ahn (born 1957), American chemist and biochemist; Philip Ahn (1905-1978), American actor; Ralph Ahn (1926-2022), American actor; Viktor An, (born 1985 as Ahn Hyun-soo, ģķģ) South Korean short track speed skater; Luis von Ahn, (born 1978) Guatemalan creator of CAPTCHA and co-founder ...
Credits. Reporting: Ben Bergman, Sri Muppidi, Darius Rafieyan, Leena Rao, Rebecca Torrence, Nathan McAlone, Lucia Moses, Lara O’Reilly, Dan Whateley, Rosalie Chan ...