It's Time to Talk About Duolingo...

2026-01-15 · 3 company · 3 thematic

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antonio linares

Antonio Linares runs a concentrated six-stock portfolio plus micro investments, focusing on 'singularity scalers' — companies with proprietary data moats that compound value via AI scaling laws. He bought Palantir at ~$7, held through 2022-2024 drawdowns, and teaches a course on modern value creation processes. His framework emphasizes betting early on extraordinary companies, holding forever, and learning from concentrated mistakes.

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“I believe that longterm this company is positioned to give birth to the world's first superhuman AI teacher. At the moment, the market is looking at this company as a sort of language learning app. I believe that is completely mistaken...…”

—antonio linares

now playing · $DUOL

$DUOL···bullish· high· posantonio linares

Linares doubles down on Duolingo at 70% discount, sees 300x potential from AI tutor thesis

Duolingo is misunderstood as a language app; it's building a proprietary data moat across expanding verticals (chess, math, music) that will power a superhuman AI tutor. AI accele…

$CHGG···bearish· highantonio linares

Chegg cited as cautionary tale: LLMs disrupted its business model completely from day one

Chegg's online learning platform was fully disrupted by LLMs immediately upon launch, unlike Duolingo where engagement and subscribers continue rising. The contrast proves Duoling…

$AMT···bullish· mediumantonio linares

American Tower highlighted as similar 2025 drawdown play now recovering fundamentally

AMT experienced a comparable pessimistic scenario in 2025 and has since recovered; Linares believes it remains fundamentally positioned for strong 5-10 year performance, reinforci…