2011 · Private beta
Would you have funded Duolingo?
Free language lessons as a game
A computer science professor and his student offer free, game-like language lessons. Early on, they plan to earn money by having learners translate real web content.
- Waiting list of more than 100,000 people in its first two weeks
- No clear way to make money yet
Show what happened
🦄 Breakout
Duolingo It was valued at $1.5 billion by 2019 and went public on Nasdaq in 2021.
Venture firms invested from the beginning.
Sources: Duolingo (Wikipedia)
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