Duolingo Overview
Duolingo is a language learning website and app available worldwide. The organization was launched on 30 November 2011. In 2018, the Alexa Rank of the website was 863. The app of the company written in languages React, Python and Scala. The company courses are available in 81 different languages globally. The company provides their services to more than 300 million registered users. More than 100 employees are working with the company for providing their languages service to users. The app of the company also organizes digital language proficiency assessment exam. The app of the company is available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone. The Luis Von Ann is the Chief Executive Officer of the company since foundation.
Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker started the Duolingo. The app of the company developed for people to learn English. The software testing of the app was begun on November 30, 2011. The app of the company launched for the public on June 19, 2012. The company received $20 million investments by Kleiner Caufield& Byers from Series C round. The Duolingo iOS app was released on November 13, 2012. The app is also available in iPhone, iPod, and iPad devices. The Android app of the company released on May 29, 2013. After release, the Dualingo android app it became the #1 education app in the store.
Duolingo Other Details
The app of the company is available for free, but it uses advertising. The users can remove advertising by paying a subscription fee. The company uses a crowd-sourced business model for earning money. The courses available for English speakers are French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Turkish, Swedish, Irish, Polish, Czech and many more. The company received iPhone App of the year award in 2013 by apple.
