Alphabet-funded Duolingo becomes first $1 billion tech start-up from Pittsburgh

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Duolingo, the language-learning app, raises a new round of venture capital led by Google parent Alphabet's CapitalG and becomes the first Pittsburgh tech start-up valued at more than $1 billion.

Language-learning app Duolingo is valued at $1.5 billion after a $30 million investment by Alphabet's CapitalG.

Duolingo, which offers the most-downloaded education app in the world, just raised $30 million in a Series F funding from's CapitalG late-stage growth venture fund, becoming the first Pittsburgh-based tech start-up valued at more than $1 billion. Duolingo's new valuation is $1.5 billion.

 

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