Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer
Luis von Ahn (Spanish: [ˈlwis fon ˈan]; born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. Von Ahn was a professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. . Early life and education. Luis von Ahn was born and raised in Guatemala City. He is of German-Jewish and Guatemalan descent.
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Luis von Ahn (Spanish: [ˈlwis fon ˈan]; born 19 August 1978) is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. Von Ahn was a professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. . Early life and education. Luis von Ahn was born and raised in Guatemala City. He is of German-Jewish and Guatemalan descent.
