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Severin Hacker

@severinhacker

@duolingo co-founder and CTO. šŸ‡ØšŸ‡­

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calendar_today04-03-2009 22:36:07

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Today’s AI thrives on human creativity (the internet pre-AI). But if future models train on self-generated content (the internet post-AI)—with all rewards going to providers—why would anyone contribute? The incentive model is broken.

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Join Duo the Owl and friends on the Duolingo World Cruise with Carnival Cruise Line! šŸ›³ļø Sail across 7 continents explore 195 countries šŸŒŽ and learn over 40 languages—all while enjoying premium dining and entertainment. Book the Duolingo World Cruise on Carnival now. Get ready

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Founders often come to me for advice. (Why? I haven’t a clue.) Still, I take these calls, and I wanted to share some of my most frequently shared advice to consumer tech companies: Don't build a startup in education. It's a regulated market where most money goes to teachers.

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148 new courses just dropped 😲 Speak Spanish but want to learn Korean? Speak Italian but want to learn Japanese? Speak Thai but want to learn German? Now you can 🄲

148 new courses just dropped 😲

Speak Spanish but want to learn Korean?
Speak Italian but want to learn Japanese?
Speak Thai but want to learn German?

Now you can 🄲
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Never compromise on sleep. This is the most important rule in my operating manual. Before sleep tracking apps and Oura rings, before Huberman protocols and EightSleep mattresses, before it became a status symbol, I had this simple rule. Back in 2007, sleep was definitely not

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Don’t turn your 10x engineer into a .5x manager. Not every high performing independent contributor (IC) will shine as a manager. Yet at many companies, moving into management is the only path to career advancement. This scenario is bad for the best ICs, hurts their retention