Speak Freely with Luis von Ahn

KST Presents

Presented by Fygment Productions and KST

As part of an ongoing series of frank interviews, Speak Freely host Kit Mueller invites innovative leaders to share stories about building success. This month Mueller is joined by MacArthur Fellow Luis von Ahn, considered one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing and the inventor of CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). Now, as co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, von Ahn has launched the world’s most popular language learning platform, with more than 100 million users, and the most downloaded app in the Education category on both iTunes and Google Play, worldwide. Be part of this lively conversation and learn why von Ahn, currently on faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, has been cited as one of the 10 Most Brilliant Scientists by Popular Science Magazine, 50 Best Brains in Science by Discover, Top Young Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review and 100 Most Innovative People in Business by FastCompany Magazine.