secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Duolingo, Inc. (DUOL)
CIK:        0001562088
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-001730
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Duolingo names Gillian Munson CFO; Q4 DAU +30% YoY, bookings at guidance high end
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- Gillian Munson (ex-Vimeo CFO, Duolingo board member) becomes CFO effective Feb 23, 2026; Matt Skaruppa transitions to advisory role through Nov 20, 2026.
- Munson receives $800k base salary, $14M RSU grant vesting over 4 years; severance includes 12 months salary and COBRA.
- Preliminary Q4 2025: DAU grew ~30% YoY; bookings at or slightly above high end of $329.5M-$335.5M guidance range.
- Skaruppa to receive $32,292/month salary plus continued RSU vesting during transition period.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000162828026001730/0001628280-26-001730-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562088/000162828026001730/duol-20260108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-001730

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