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▶ 0:00 · $DUOL · Duolingo’s Revenge: The 70%+ Collapse That Won’t Age Well.
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Antonio Linares

Duolingo’s Revenge: The 70%+ Collapse That Won’t Age Well.

2025-11-25 · 7 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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“So today I'm going to explain why actually this is a lot like the Netflix case in 2022... People are saying that Duolingo is going to be disrupted by AI and it's fundamentally the same situation and what's even more interesting is that the…”
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