PITTSBURGH, July 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Duolingo, Inc. (Nasdaq: DUOL), the world's leading mobile learning platform, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Hobbes, an animation ...

Duolingo, the Pittsburgh-based maker of the language learning app of the same name, has acquired Detroit-based design and animation studio Gunner. The Gunner-Duolingo connection isn’t a new one.

In an animation industry that increasingly feels overrun by consolidation, studio aversion to taking risks, and the proliferation of soulless automation, indie artists are launching their own studios ...