Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
44
/100
Business
Language-learning
Founded
15 years ago
Nov 30, 2011
Employees
900
Valuation
$5.2 billion
Company type
Public$DUOL
Duolingo is a Language-learning company with 59 job openings. It is currently valued at $5.2 billion as a public company. 900 people work at Duolingo. The company was founded in 2011.
Company grid
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Jobs
Open jobs
59
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Marketing & Growth
10
(17%)
2.
Engineering (Software)
9
(15%)
3.
Product Management
8
(14%)
4.
Business Operations & Program Management
5
(8%)
5.
Community
5
(8%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
๐บ๐ธ United States
49
(83%)
2.
๐บ๐ธ New York City
26
(44%)
3.
๐บ๐ธ Pittsburgh
21
(36%)
4.
๐ฌ๐ง London, UK
4
(7%)
5.
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom
4
(7%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Android
6
(10%)
2.
iOS
6
(10%)
3.
Python
5
(8%)
4.
GPT
4
(7%)
5.
OpenAI
4
(7%)
Financials
Revenue
$1.1billion
trailing 12mo
TrueUp
Rank
#263
Duolingo's revenue would rank #198 among country GDPs
#197
Vanuatu$1.1 B
#198
Duolingo$1.1 B
#199
Northern Mariana Islands$1.1 B
Revenue growth (vs. same quarter last year)
26.5%
TrueUp
Rank
#131
MULTIPLES
Valuation per employee
$5.8 million
Revenue per employee
$1.2 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
79%
100+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 78% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Luis von Ahn
98%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
900
Duolingo Org Chart

Rankings and awards
TIME Top EdTech Companies
2026
Fast Company's Most Innovative
Education
2026
Forbes Top 250 Living Innovators
Luis von Ahn
2026
Wall Street Journal Best-Managed Companies
2025
Fortune Fastest-Growing Companies
2025
Fortune Future 50
2025
Layoffs
Jan 2024 ยท 2 years ago
Policies
Open jobs that are remote
3% (2 jobs)
H1B sponsorships approved (2025)
6
TrueUp
Rank
#219
External research
Top posts
Other info
IPO date
Jul 28, 2021
5 years ago
Top owners at IPO
14.6% - Luis von Ahn
14.6% - Severin Hacker
19.9% - NewView Capital
14.1% - Union Square Ventures
13.5% - CapitalG
10.3% - KPCB
7.0% - General Atlantic
Founder ownership at IPO
29.2%
Implied founder equity split
50% - Luis von Ahn
50% - Severin Hacker
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