TL;DR Duolingo reported Q4 2025 revenue of $282.9 million (+35% YoY), closing its first billion-dollar year, breaking estimates again. The stock dropped 22.5% anyway. Again. The company plans to slow down monetization to grow to 100 million DAUs until 2028, by focusing on teaching quality, giving more to free users, and growing non-language courses. Duolingo’s Q4 2025 results confirmed something we highlighted in its 2025 review: growth is slowing. The company crossed a billion dollars in r

Seven years after replacing a Yale president with a fintech CEO, Coursera picks an Amazon veteran to help fix its slowing growth and falling stock price.

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