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reCAPTCHA

11 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 25, 2020 by Luis von Ahn · said 24 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Guy Raz (14), Luis von Ahn (10)

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Everything said about reCAPTCHA, oldest first

May 25, 2020
Assertion Supported
Von Ahn: CMU took standard 5% equity in research spinouts
“They had a standard deal that says, okay, if you're going to start a company based on, on something that you came up in your research, we'll take five percent of this company.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 28:23 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
May 25, 2020
Assertion Supported
Von Ahn: Early OCR failed on 30% of scanned book words
“Computers cannot, or at the time, could not recognize many of the words. About 30% of the words computers could not recognize.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 22:04 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
May 25, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Von Ahn: Online Booty Call was reCAPTCHA's first major client
“The first largest, it wasn't even large, the largest website for a while was That was using us was called Online Booty Call.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 23:56 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
May 25, 2020
Disclosure
Von Ahn forfeited part of Google payout by leaving before three years
“Leaving cost me quite a bit of money, because some of the reCAPTCHA payment required that I stay there for three years. Yeah, and I did not stay for three years.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 31:57 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
May 25, 2020
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Von Ahn: reCAPTCHA charged NYT $42,000 per archive year
“The number we came up with was for every year of content, we will charge you 42,000 dollars.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 25:58 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
May 25, 2020
Disclosure
Von Ahn: reCAPTCHA had no outside investors when Google acquired it
“Especially since we didn't have investors or anything. It's all the money went to us.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 30:31 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
May 25, 2020
Assertion Supported
Von Ahn: reCAPTCHA digitized a year of NYT archives weekly
“A year was being done in about a week.”
Luis von Ahn May 25, 2020 ▶ 26:38 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn
Dec 18, 2023
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Von Ahn: reCAPTCHA charged the NYT $42,000 per archive year
“And we, the number we came up with was for every year of content, we will charge you 42,000 dollars.”
Luis von Ahn Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 26:11 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020)
Dec 18, 2023
Assertion Supported
Von Ahn: reCAPTCHA digitized a year of NYT archives every week
“A year was being done in about a week.”
Luis von Ahn Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 26:50 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020)
Dec 18, 2023
Assertion Supported
Von Ahn: Carnegie Mellon took 5% equity in research spinouts
“They had a standard deal that says, okay, if you're gonna start a company based on, on something that you came up in your research, we'll take five percent of this company.”
Luis von Ahn Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 28:35 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020)
Dec 18, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Von Ahn forfeited part of his Google payout by leaving early
“Leaving cost me quite a bit of money, because some of the recapture payment required that I stay there for three years, yeah, and I did not stay for three years.”
Luis von Ahn Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 32:09 reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn (2020)
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