Luis von Ahn

Guatemalan entrepreneur and computer scientist · Guatemala · On the map · Academics · Born 1978 · age 48

Luis von Ahn is a Guatemalan-American entrepreneur and software developer. He is the founder of the company reCAPTCHA, which was sold to Google in 2009, and the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. For these projects and others, von Ahn is known as one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing.

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2023National Inventors Hall of FameAward2018Lemelson-MIT PrizeAward2012Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and EngineersAward2011Grace Murray Hopper AwardAwardNational Science Foundation CAREER AwardAwardPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and EngineersAward2009Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringAwardSloan FellowshipAward2007Innovators Under 35Award2006MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1978Born19 August 1978