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Duolingo is started by Luis von Ahn who invented reCAPTCHA. He pioneered the field of human computation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx082gDwGcM https://www
by rawnlq 11y ago
Duolingo is started by Luis von Ahn who invented reCAPTCHA. He pioneered the field of human computation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx082gDwGcM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx082gDwGcM.
He can monetize this in a similar way. Crowd sourced translation service where the more advanced language learners translate books or something. It will be higher quality than google translate for sure.
- wan23 11y agoGood guess, but the article explains how paid translation wasn't working so well for them. It seems unclear how they are going to make enough money to justify this valuation.
- thraxil 11y agoThe article explicitly states that Duolingo moved away from this model though: "As a company spokesperson told me, the company actually tabled its ambitions around translations about a year and a half ago and hasn’t scaled the businesses or accepted new clients"