Luis, the CEO of Duolingo said 'that's really cool, probably doesn't apply to us. We build apps. Somebody else will build agents.' And I said, 'no, no, no, I think it actually applies to you as well.' And we ended up brainstorming for the next hour.
“we're chatting about Grammarly and AI Superhighway and and, what the future of agents looks like.”
we're chatting about Grammarly and AI Superhighway and and, what the future of agents looks like. And he's kind of intrigued, but he kinda ended it. That part of the conversation and said, that's really cool. Probably doesn't apply to us. We build apps. Somebody else will build agents. And I said, no. No. No. I think it actually applies to to you as well. And so we ended up brainstorming for the next hour. I'm like, what would what would a Duolingo agent look like? And we ended up coming up with three ideas. The first one was
Why this clip
Concrete story showing how even sophisticated tech CEOs initially misunderstand the agent opportunity. The dialogue format makes it engaging, and the pivot from skepticism to hour-long brainstorming session demonstrates the 'aha moment' that many companies will have.
What they said next
Probably not the agent you started with - how do I get the high school grammar teacher to go do something. It turns out to be really, really valuable, especially when your grammar teacher can sit right next to you and help make sure you spell your company's name properly.
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