One of the most notable alternatives is Xiaohongshu or RedNote ... spike in new Mandarin learners across platforms like Duolingo. The app reported a 216% growth in US users learning Mandarin ...

The collaboration connects Xiaohongshu’s influential content ecosystem with Taobao and Tmall’s robust eCommerce infrastructure, aiming to bridge content and commerce, offering consumers a ...

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Y Combinator alumni Alice.Tech offers students a platform where they can access personalized learning materials.

In late April and early May 2025, claims (archived) circulated online that Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn said the language-learning app would become "AI-first" and replace contractors with artificial ...

The move essentially formalises an app-to-app shopping connection between RedNote - known in China as Xiaohongshu and often compared with Instagram - and Alibaba's e-commerce infrastructure.

AI-driven scalability is transforming Duolingo from a language app into a broad-based education platform, propelling monthly active users to 130 million and enabling the launch of 148 new courses.

The gamified, owl-mascoted language learning app Duolingo is completing its "AI-first" pivot — and replacing all its human contractors along the way. In an all-hands email that was later posted ...

Cheng Xin / Getty Images Duolingo shares hit an all-time high Friday after the language education platform topped first-quarter estimates. The company's revenue, profit, and user numbers all ...

Duolingo announced plans this week to replace contractors with AI and become an “AI-first” company — a move that journalist Brian Merchant pointed to as a sign that the AI jobs crisis “is ...