Luis Von Ahn

In a similar way, I mean, I think, you know, this is just what the future is. This is the present even. The genie's out of the bottle. Yeah.

In a similar way, I mean, I think, you know, this is just what the future is. This is the present even. The genie's out of the bottle. Yeah.

I don't know if it's, we have these other operating principles that are actually our operating principles, but it is a belief that people will be on their screen. That's just a belief.

I don't know if it's, we have these other operating principles that are actually our operating principles, but it is a belief that people will be on their screen. That's just a belief.

I don't know if it's, we have these other operating principles that are actually our operating principles, but it is a belief that people will be on their screen. That's just a belief.

We chose an owl because it is, at least in Western cultures, a symbol of knowledge. Turns out actual owls are probably not all that smart and they're vicious. But that's a symbol of knowledge.

We chose an owl because it is, at least in Western cultures, a symbol of knowledge. Turns out actual owls are probably not all that smart and they're vicious. But that's a symbol of knowledge.

We chose an owl because it is, at least in Western cultures, a symbol of knowledge. Turns out actual owls are probably not all that smart and they're vicious. But that's a symbol of knowledge.

Very early, before we launched, we thought that having a mascot would make us friendly as an education company. And so we decided to have a mascot. Then we decided it was going to be an owl. Then we decided it was going to be green because Severin, my co-founder, hates the color green. And we thought it would be funny if it was green. So we've had it all along.

Very early, before we launched, we thought that having a mascot would make us friendly as an education company. And so we decided to have a mascot. Then we decided it was going to be an owl. Then we decided it was going to be green because Severin, my co-founder, hates the color green. And we thought it would be funny if it was green. So we've had it all along.

Very early, before we launched, we thought that having a mascot would make us friendly as an education company. And so we decided to have a mascot. Then we decided it was going to be an owl. Then we decided it was going to be green because Severin, my co-founder, hates the color green. And we thought it would be funny if it was green. So we've had it all along.

And a lot of it, you know, it became so popular. A lot of luck. I mean, we did some stuff. We kind of found our voice that it was a little unhinged and it was a little... guilt trippy, et cetera. But it was a little luck that all these things happened. For example, the fact that the memes started with the owl, we didn't start the memes.

And a lot of it, you know, it became so popular. A lot of luck. I mean, we did some stuff. We kind of found our voice that it was a little unhinged and it was a little... guilt trippy, et cetera. But it was a little luck that all these things happened. For example, the fact that the memes started with the owl, we didn't start the memes.

And a lot of it, you know, it became so popular. A lot of luck. I mean, we did some stuff. We kind of found our voice that it was a little unhinged and it was a little... guilt trippy, et cetera. But it was a little luck that all these things happened. For example, the fact that the memes started with the owl, we didn't start the memes.

What we started was that notification that said, it seems like these reminders are not working. We're going to stop sending them. That got the memes to go. And that was not us. Then we ourselves leaned into the memes. We saw that that was happening. So we started, you know, we started making fun of ourselves.

What we started was that notification that said, it seems like these reminders are not working. We're going to stop sending them. That got the memes to go. And that was not us. Then we ourselves leaned into the memes. We saw that that was happening. So we started, you know, we started making fun of ourselves.

What we started was that notification that said, it seems like these reminders are not working. We're going to stop sending them. That got the memes to go. And that was not us. Then we ourselves leaned into the memes. We saw that that was happening. So we started, you know, we started making fun of ourselves.

We did. And so we produced, for example, we produced an April Fool's video, a lawyer's commercial. You know those really shitty lawyer commercials that you see on TV?

We did. And so we produced, for example, we produced an April Fool's video, a lawyer's commercial. You know those really shitty lawyer commercials that you see on TV?

We did. And so we produced, for example, we produced an April Fool's video, a lawyer's commercial. You know those really shitty lawyer commercials that you see on TV?