Luis Von Ahn

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.

One of the things that the Minister of Education told me was, look, we're failing so much that at this point, I just want them to learn how to think somewhat. So you know what we're going to do? We're going to start teaching them chess. Because it's at the very least, they learn how to think logically. Wow.

One of the things that the Minister of Education told me was, look, we're failing so much that at this point, I just want them to learn how to think somewhat. So you know what we're going to do? We're going to start teaching them chess. Because it's at the very least, they learn how to think logically. Wow.

One of the things that the Minister of Education told me was, look, we're failing so much that at this point, I just want them to learn how to think somewhat. So you know what we're going to do? We're going to start teaching them chess. Because it's at the very least, they learn how to think logically. Wow.

And that's the thing about chess. It lets you learn this kind of if-then-else statements. If I move here, you will do that, and then I'll do that. And so it just really gets you to think logically. And so we're pretty excited about it. We also think there's a large audience for it. I don't have a very precise date for it, but it's coming pretty soon. Yeah, and it's an amazing project.

And that's the thing about chess. It lets you learn this kind of if-then-else statements. If I move here, you will do that, and then I'll do that. And so it just really gets you to think logically. And so we're pretty excited about it. We also think there's a large audience for it. I don't have a very precise date for it, but it's coming pretty soon. Yeah, and it's an amazing project.

And that's the thing about chess. It lets you learn this kind of if-then-else statements. If I move here, you will do that, and then I'll do that. And so it just really gets you to think logically. And so we're pretty excited about it. We also think there's a large audience for it. I don't have a very precise date for it, but it's coming pretty soon. Yeah, and it's an amazing project.

It's all kinds of good things that have happened since we started working on it.

It's all kinds of good things that have happened since we started working on it.

It's all kinds of good things that have happened since we started working on it.

There's a number of things that happen. But in terms of how we chose chess, we're looking for subjects to teach that have very large audiences. I mean, hundreds of millions of people want to learn them. Chess, I believe, is one of those things. We also are looking for things that will somehow make you smarter, that we actually really want you to improve yourself.

There's a number of things that happen. But in terms of how we chose chess, we're looking for subjects to teach that have very large audiences. I mean, hundreds of millions of people want to learn them. Chess, I believe, is one of those things. We also are looking for things that will somehow make you smarter, that we actually really want you to improve yourself.

There's a number of things that happen. But in terms of how we chose chess, we're looking for subjects to teach that have very large audiences. I mean, hundreds of millions of people want to learn them. Chess, I believe, is one of those things. We also are looking for things that will somehow make you smarter, that we actually really want you to improve yourself.

And we're also looking for things that take years to learn. We're not so interested in things that you can learn in like a month. Then we'll lose you as a user. So we want to do years to learn. And chess is something that you can really get better at for years.

And we're also looking for things that take years to learn. We're not so interested in things that you can learn in like a month. Then we'll lose you as a user. So we want to do years to learn. And chess is something that you can really get better at for years.

And we're also looking for things that take years to learn. We're not so interested in things that you can learn in like a month. Then we'll lose you as a user. So we want to do years to learn. And chess is something that you can really get better at for years.

This is the things that we're looking at. And one other thing, that we can do a good job with a mobile product.

This is the things that we're looking at. And one other thing, that we can do a good job with a mobile product.

This is the things that we're looking at. And one other thing, that we can do a good job with a mobile product.

Yeah. And chess is perfect for a mobile. So all of those things were true. Then what happened was we have a person internally we love. His name is Tyler, Tyler Murphy. He's been here forever and he's really, he's started a lot of really our major initiatives. Tyler came to me and he said, I want to do chess. And, you know, I went through the list and I'm like, it satisfies everything that we want.