Netizen floats OpenAI buying Duolingo as its entry into AI tutoring
Aizkmusic · x · 2026-10-08
A netizen argues OpenAI should acquire Duolingo: the language-learning app is struggling, an acquisition would give OpenAI a ready entry into education, the price is trivial against OpenAI's massive valuation, and pairing Duolingo with genuinely capable AI tutors could be transformative. The punchline: both are, after all, experts in languages.
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