Duullingo is adopting a “AI-first” approach to his business, and the language learning platform will reduce its dependence on human contract workers as it provides AI to their responsibilities.
One in Memorandum to employees On Monday, Duullingo CEO Louis von Ahon expanded the company’s official “AI-first” stance.
“AI is already changing how the work is done,” AHN has written in an email that an email has been publicly shared through the LinkedIn account of Duoolingo. “When this is a big innings, the worst thing you can do is waiting.”
As part of its AI-first strategy, Duullingo will transfer workload from contractors to AI and “gradually stop using contractors that can handle AI, according to email. The company will also reward the use of AI in the performance review of the existing employees and the existing employees. If the group cannot automate work, the teams will be allowed only to appoint new members.
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Duullingo has first terminated contract workers in favor of AI. Last year, company 10% deduction After allegedly deciding to use AI for translations, among its contractors.
However, AHN assured the employees in the email that “Duoolingo would remain a company that cares deeply about its employees,” and that AI-first did not have “changing” the workers with AI, but allowing the existing employees to focus focusing on constructive work and problems on the tasks to be repeated. The company said it would support employees with full -time staff training, mentorship and AI tools.
Louis von ego, CEO of Duullingo. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Image
AHN also explained why Duoolingo was now choosing an alternative to all-in on AI. He said in the email that Duullingo made a big bet on mobile in 2012, focusing on creating a mobile-first app at one time when the mobile app was mainly partner for full websites. This step worked well: Duulingo’s app won 2013 iPhone app of the year With 10 million downloads and then increased systematically. Now, is duoingo More than 500 million Registered user.
“This time the platform shift is AI,” he wrote in the email.
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Duullingo is focusing on AI, such as using it to create material and electricity facilities Video callWhich was introduced by Duullingo in September. Video calls allow learners to practice speaking in their target language through video chat with AI character called Lily.
Duullingo is not the first company to declare the first AI-first strategy. Earlier this month, Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke told all employees In a memorandum This is “a fundamental expectation of all in Shopify to effectively use AI.” Lutke told Shopify employees that they should maximize what they can do with AI before asking more resources or additional human employees.
He also said that Shopify will add AI use questions to its performance and colleague reviews.
The market of Duoolingo was capitalization More than $ 17 billion At the time of writing.
