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Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

The reason it's unique is because it is the one language where really knowing it makes you more money. Most other languages, knowing them, unless you want to move to that country, but generally... it's usually a hobby. So generally when we talk to people that use Duolingo that are learning any language that is not English, you ask them why are they learning the language.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

The reason it's unique is because it is the one language where really knowing it makes you more money. Most other languages, knowing them, unless you want to move to that country, but generally... it's usually a hobby. So generally when we talk to people that use Duolingo that are learning any language that is not English, you ask them why are they learning the language.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

The reason it's unique is because it is the one language where really knowing it makes you more money. Most other languages, knowing them, unless you want to move to that country, but generally... it's usually a hobby. So generally when we talk to people that use Duolingo that are learning any language that is not English, you ask them why are they learning the language.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

The most common answers are like, oh, I used to play a lot of Candy Crush and now, you know, at least I'm learning a little bit of Spanish. Like that's that. But for English, it's different. When you ask them why are you using the app, they're like, well, I need to learn English.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

The most common answers are like, oh, I used to play a lot of Candy Crush and now, you know, at least I'm learning a little bit of Spanish. Like that's that. But for English, it's different. When you ask them why are you using the app, they're like, well, I need to learn English.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

The most common answers are like, oh, I used to play a lot of Candy Crush and now, you know, at least I'm learning a little bit of Spanish. Like that's that. But for English, it's different. When you ask them why are you using the app, they're like, well, I need to learn English.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

And I need to learn English because I need to make more money. So English learners, people who are learning English, are just dramatically different from people who are learning other languages in every aspect.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

And I need to learn English because I need to make more money. So English learners, people who are learning English, are just dramatically different from people who are learning other languages in every aspect.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

And I need to learn English because I need to make more money. So English learners, people who are learning English, are just dramatically different from people who are learning other languages in every aspect.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

No, not in the US. For example, it's Spanish because most people already know English here. But in non-English speaking countries, English is the top language to learn.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

No, not in the US. For example, it's Spanish because most people already know English here. But in non-English speaking countries, English is the top language to learn.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

No, not in the US. For example, it's Spanish because most people already know English here. But in non-English speaking countries, English is the top language to learn.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

Yes, I'm very happy to announce this. Like you said, we are done Duolingo. Now you can learn languages and math and music. We're adding another subject. And it is not one that many people have expected. And it is that you will be able to learn chess on Duolingo. Chess. You know, it's a game, but it is, you know, it's an after school program. And it is a game that really can make you smarter.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

Yes, I'm very happy to announce this. Like you said, we are done Duolingo. Now you can learn languages and math and music. We're adding another subject. And it is not one that many people have expected. And it is that you will be able to learn chess on Duolingo. Chess. You know, it's a game, but it is, you know, it's an after school program. And it is a game that really can make you smarter.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

Yes, I'm very happy to announce this. Like you said, we are done Duolingo. Now you can learn languages and math and music. We're adding another subject. And it is not one that many people have expected. And it is that you will be able to learn chess on Duolingo. Chess. You know, it's a game, but it is, you know, it's an after school program. And it is a game that really can make you smarter.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

We know there's just a lot of people who tell you very similar as with Spanish. We're just like, I've always wanted to learn chess, but I'm kind of never really had the time or seems intimidating, etc. So our goal is to get a lot of people into chess. And the idea is to let them learn how to think logically and

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

We know there's just a lot of people who tell you very similar as with Spanish. We're just like, I've always wanted to learn chess, but I'm kind of never really had the time or seems intimidating, etc. So our goal is to get a lot of people into chess. And the idea is to let them learn how to think logically and

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

We know there's just a lot of people who tell you very similar as with Spanish. We're just like, I've always wanted to learn chess, but I'm kind of never really had the time or seems intimidating, etc. So our goal is to get a lot of people into chess. And the idea is to let them learn how to think logically and

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

One of the reasons why we started, there's a number of reasons why we started, but one of the reasons I greenlit the project, by the way, was not my idea to teach chess. But I greenlit it. And one of the reasons was because in my country, in Guatemala, our education system in Guatemala is just not working.

The Best One Yet
Exclusive 🦉 “Education Super App” — Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn announces next product on TBOY

One of the reasons why we started, there's a number of reasons why we started, but one of the reasons I greenlit the project, by the way, was not my idea to teach chess. But I greenlit it. And one of the reasons was because in my country, in Guatemala, our education system in Guatemala is just not working.