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Sam Walder is a violinist, computer engineer, and the co-founder and CEO of Trala, which he founded as an undergraduate at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Trala is a tech-powered online music school. Founded in 2017, their mission is to make world-class music education accessible to every single person on Earth.

With over 600,000 downloads and violin students in 193+ countries, Trala has received support from top musicians and investors at Duolingo and LinkedIn. Trala closed an $8M Series A in March 2023, putting their total funding at $15M.

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Note: While Trala does have an incredible partnership with Joshua Bell, he's not currently a Trala instructor.

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Building the Duolingo of Music Education with Sam Walder of Trala