Severin Hacker (born July 6, 1984) is a Swiss-American computer scientist who is the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo, the world's most popular language-learning platform. [1][2][3][4]

Severin Hacker. I am the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo. Before Duolingo, I studied computer science and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a PhD. Before CMU, I studied at ETH Zürich, majoring in computer science. I grew up in Switzerland, and yes, my last name is real. You can find me on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Severin Hacker is the cofounder and chief technology officer of popular language-learning app Duolingo. More than 100 million people take language, math and music lessons on...

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Feb 28, 2020 · In less than 10 years, Duolingo Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Severin Hacker has helped his company amass a loyal base of more than 300 million users around the world. Even with talks of an IPO on the horizon, the 36-year-old has no plans to slow down.

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On September 16, 2024, Severin Hacker, Co-Founder and CTO of Duolingo, was awarded the Swiss Impact Award 2024 by Swiss Consul General in New York, Ambassador Niculin Jäger.

In 2009, Severin Hacker and Luis Von Ahn were holed up in the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University, turning over a seemingly impossible challenge: how to translate all one...

Severin Hacker is the co-founder and CTO of Duolingo. He studied for his PhD in computer science under Luis von Ahn [1] at Carnegie Mellon University, and he helped Luis to create Duolingo in 2011 [2].

Severin Hacker (* 6. Juli 1984 in Zug) ist ein Schweizer Informatiker und Mitgründer sowie Chief Technology Officer (CTO) von Duolingo. [1][2][3][4]