Luis von Ahn

Founder & CEO of reCAPTCHA & Duolingo

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Luis von Ahn Biography

Computer scientist Luis von Ahn co-invented the website security program CAPTCHA, or Completely Automated Public Turing test for telling Computers and Humans Apart. He then created reCAPTCHA, which furthered the work of CAPTCHA while assisting in the digitization of books and other archives. He also co-founded Duolingo, a company whose online platform is the world’s most popular way to learn languages.

Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, von Ahn is the son of two doctors, and he grew up exploring the candy factory owned by his mother’s family. The hands-on experience of trying to understand how the factory’s machinery worked fostered his curiosity, and he has said that receiving a Commodore 64 personal computer at age 8 set him on his career path.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 03/26/2024.

Luis von Ahn Videos

  • How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media | Luis Von Ahn | TED
    When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach...
  • State of Duolingo • Dr. Luis von Ahn | Duocon 2021
    Dr. Luis von Ahn is the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo. Ahn delivers the State of DuoLingo update for DuoCon 2021.
  • Luis von Ahn: State of Duolingo | Duocon 2020
    Luis von Ahn is the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo. A MacArthur Fellow and co-inventor of CAPTCHAs, Luis has been named one of the 10 Most Brilliant...

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