Duolingo AI layoffs

Timeline

1. Apr 28, 2025Number undisclosed
   ExplicitWalk-backEducation · USCopy link

   'AI-first' all-hands memo announced contractors doing work AI can handle would be phased out; headcount affected never disclosed (recorded as 0 pending a figure). After weeks of backlash, CEO publicly softened the stance on May 23, 2025.

   CEO Luis von Ahn, April 28 memo: Duolingo will 'gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle.' Walkback, May 23: 'I do not see AI as replacing what our employees do (we are in fact continuing to hire at the same speed as before).'

   Sources:

   • The Verge: Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
   • Entrepreneur: 'Continuing to Hire': Duolingo's CEO Clarifies AI Stance After Backlash - Read the Memo

Related companies

• Chegg636