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He is the founder and CEO of Lit IQ, which uses advances in computational linguistics technology to help lawyers draft precise and error-free legal documents. He is also a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. Sangha was the founder and CEO of Intelligize, which helps business professionals research regulatory filings. Intelligize was acquired by LexisNexis. Prior to founding Intelligize, Sangha practiced securities law at the Hong Kong office of White & Case LLP and the New York City office ofr Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York City, focusing on initial public offerings. Sangha has also consulted for Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. He speaks frequently and is quoted widely on entrepreneurship, product development, legal innovation and enterprise sales. He has been featured in numerous media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and various industry blogs. Sangha has been awarded multiple honors including being named to Crains New York's "40 under 40" list. Sangha earned his J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He received his B.A. in Economics and Commerce from the University of Toronto, graduating with high distinction. He is a member in good standing with the New York State Bar Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484205170217-17E4O73OYB2MVP3W83XH/RajeevSurati.jpg Team Rajeev Surati Rajeev Surati, PhD Rajeev Surati did his undergraduate through PhD at MIT and has founded and sold several companies: -Flash Communications to Microsoft which formed the basis for their early IM efforts: (MSN Messenger etc) -Photo.net, the world's largest high end amateur photography community. Based on PhD work at MIT, Rajeev cofounded Scalable Display Technologies which is a premier provider of Immersive Simulation and Entertainment creation technologies. These are life size systems and the company is profitable and based in Cambridge MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484354500648-4I0U7FPSYHV42HUTQ2KB/irfaan-virk.jpg Team Irfan Virk In addition to being a co-founder of Bayview, Irfan is an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor, having launched both enterprise and consumer startups. Irfan is currently co-founder of North Bay Solutions, a big data consulting firm. Prior to that, He was General Manager at DeNA, a public Japanese mobile game company, running the Gameview division, which he was a co-founder of prior to it being acquired by DeNA. This included Tap Fish, Tap Ranch, and a number of other mobile games. Prior to that Irfan was co-founder and President of Asia for CambridgeDocs, which was acquired by EMC. Irfan was co founder and CEO of eLantix, and COO of Brainstorm Technologies. Irfan holds BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. After graduating, he worked for Andersen Consulting leading projects for a number of Fortune 500 clients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484261421522-QSC8BRNZC8ZISLDQJX63/mitchliu.jpg Team Mitch Liu Mitch started playing Counter-strike 1.6 back in 2003 and most recently while not day dreaming about turning Pro, he leads SLIVER.tv as the company’s CEO. Before starting SLIVER.tv Mitch co-founded Midverse Studios which developed "Penny Dreadful: Demimonde" and “Grimm: Cards of Fate” mobile games in partnership with CBS/Showtime and NBC. In 2010, he launched Gameview Studios best known for its Tap Fish mobile game franchise with nearly 2 Million daily active users at its peak. The company was acquired by DeNA, a leading Japanese mobile gaming company. Prior to that, Mitch co-founded Tapjoy in 2007 which pioneered social and mobile app advertising. He received a BS in Computer Science Engineering from MIT, did research at the MIT Media Lab “Interactive Cinema” group and received a MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He’s an active angel investor in the Bay area and advisor to a number of startups.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484685902781-21DDJJUT9H0UBKFRX16V/Mikael-Jakobsson-150x150.jpg Team Mikael Jakobsson Mikael Jakobsson conducts research at the intersection of game design and game culture. With a foundation in interaction design, he investigates how gaming activities fit into social and cultural practices, and how this knowledge can inform the design and development process. His research has partly been supported by research grants involving collaboration with the game industry. He is currently involved in creating a research strategy for the MIT Game Lab where he also is teaches classes in game studies and game design. He has nearly twenty years of experience in teaching, course development, research project management, establishing external funding and collaboration, as well as advising master’s and PhD students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484602575755-MD8QEPPZTZ65LPU700UQ/anildharni.jpg Team Waikit Lau Waikit founded 2 companies (one in machine learning/online video space and the other in social networking space) that were acquired and helped take one public. He currently is an angel investor/advisor and startup helper. He has spent time as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners and worked in product and business development roles at Cisco and Merrill Lynch. Way back in the 90's when he was spending nights at the Media Lab Garden, he built a talking dictionary for the Media Lab Speech Group. Waikit holds B.S. degrees in EECS and Finance at MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1485565164998-5VSMBV8F1XN21RIWUY9E/Tom+Higley+Med+Smile+PNG.png Team Tom Higley Tom Higley is a six-time founder, entrepreneur and startup CEO. He is Founder and CEO of 10.10.10, a program that invites 10 successful serial entrepreneurs from throughout the United States to spend 10 days exploring solutions to 10 wicked problems. 10.10.10’s focus is new venture generation, market-based solutions and impact. Tom has founded and run six tech startups, including Service Metrics (acquired by Exodus Communications for $280 million) and StillSecure acquired in 2013. During his career as entrepreneur, he raised more than $40 million and has returned more than $1 billion to investors. He has served for more than two decades as a board member for multiple companies and as mentor and advisor for entrepreneurs, founders and CEOs. He has invested in more than 25 startups. Tom graduated from the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomhigley Twitter: @tomhigley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1487779665221-VZ444YFV54RPFC62M0PC/jacob+%281%29.jpg Team Jacob Loewenstein Jacob Loewenstein is a second-year MBA student at MIT, and Co-Founder of VR@MIT, MIT's VR/AR community. This past summer, he drove VR/AR business development and strategy projects for Samsung Next, Samsung's innovation group. He will return to Samsung Next full-time in July. Jacob was also co-organizer of Reality, Virtually, the biggest VR/AR hackathon ever, which took place at the MIT Media Lab in October 2016. Prior to MIT, Jacob worked at BuzzFeed in business development and strategy. Since he was an undergrad at Princeton, he's been incredibly passionate about technologies that change the way we produce and consume media, which motivates his current obsession with all things VR/AR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484663611594-WG07SJZ7APWZGRNRSAR2/image-asset.jpeg Team Federico Casalegno, Ph.D. Federico Casalegno, Associate Professor of the Practice, is the Founder and Director of the MIT Mobile Experience Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SHASS, program in Comparative Media Studies. He has been awarded honorary professorships by the Glasgow School of Art, University of Glasgow and the Jiangnan University School of Design in Wuxi, China. A social scientist with an interest in the impact of networked digital technologies on human behavior and society, Prof. Casalegno both teaches and leads advanced research at MIT, and designs interactive media to foster connections between people, information and physical places using cutting-edge information technology. Between 2004 and 2011, he had a position as Lecturer at the MIT Media Lab Smart Cities group and from 2006 until 2011 co-directed the MIT Design Lab with Prof. William J. Mitchell. From 2004 to 2007, he worked at Motorola, Inc. as a Technology and Product Innovation Analyst, designing pioneering products, experiences and services for mobile devices. Previously, from 1994 to 2000, he worked at Philips Design on connected communities and new media environments to inform design and product experience planning. Dr. Casalegno holds a Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Communication from the Sorbonne University, Paris V, with a focus on mediated communication and social interaction in networked communities and wired cities. He has published several scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, books and articles. For the Living Memory connected community project he was awarded the Best Concept prize by the American Leading Industrial Designers I.D. Magazine, and the Silver Prize Design Concept by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1497968550663-QND2R0G0GC2PIG8F90NN/image-asset.jpeg Team Ichiro is Founder and President of Dejobaan Games, an award-winning Boston-based game development studio responsible for one of the first commercial desktop and mobile VR titles (the "AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!" series). He has worked in the industry since 1992, co-founding Worlds Apart (later Sony Online Entertainment Denver) in 1995. He now advises the Megabooth, the largest exhibitor at PAX, one of North America's largest gaming-centric conferences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484507729117-WWU3T533J6AVX89H6YA4/anildharni.jpg Team Anil Dharni Anil Dharni is the CEO and Founder of Sense, a platform focused on managing and engaging contingent workers. They are backed by Google and Khosla Ventures. Prior to Sense, he was the President & Founder of Funzio, which was acquired by GREE in May 2012 for $210M. Before Funzio, Anil co-founded mobile game company, Storm8. He oversaw Storm8's business operations including marketing, customer support, business development, legal, and human resources. Anil Dharni is also a prolific angel investor with over 30+ investments in companies like Amplitude, Leanplum, Helpshift, Domo, Skydio, Palantir to name a few. He has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484686191329-N2LAMBMXQ3Q5WO2AO86K/image-asset.jpeg Team Monty Sharma Monty Sharma is Managing Director of MassDiGI. Prior to joining MassDiGI, Sharma, a respected game industry and technology professional, was co-founder/general manager of Vivox, a voice chat service provider in the game industry with key relationships to EA, Sony, Ubisoft, Nexon, Bigpoint and many others. Before Vivox, he held senior positions at Jamcracker, Novell and MT&T. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530194123014-L27I0HKAQNBFL2I89F2R/image-asset.jpeg Team Sebastian Serrano is a young entrepreneur from Argentina. Starting as a skillful developer at a very early age and then leading a successful web & mobile development startup, Sebastian founded Ripio in 2013, offering Bitcoin wallet services plus credit payments for consumers and a full suite of financial services for merchants. With Ripio, Sebastian and his team aim to democratize digital payments in developing countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1485145009337-L6YFC9HVKVN35QFGM04F/phil_sanderson.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1487779669377-ATAXVNXXTXJS8A58TWKR/eswaranandapadmanaban_1453956225_96+%281%29.jpeg Team   Eswar Anandapadmanaban Eswar Anandapadmanaban is a sophomore studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He has worked on Virtual and Augmented Reality software and hardware. He worked at Samsung Next on an analytics platform for mobile VR content. He has also worked at NASDAQ building a AR Data Analytics tools suite. Currently he is working on the NASA BASALT project building a path planning visualizer for astronauts using the Microsoft Hololens at the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT. Eswar is a co-president of VR@MIT and Director of StartLabs, MIT's undergraduate entrepreneurship club. In his spare time, Eswar is an avid HTC Vive gamer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1497967674873-Z51DPYX7IPAMH5HYMWE8/image-asset.jpeg Team Caroline is a game designer, community organizer, and Director of Marketing & Business Development at Intrepid. She has been designing live action games since 2001, drawing on her background in theater, video game and tabletop game design. She is a founder of the Boston Festival of Indie Games, a community manager for Boston Indies, Chief Creative officer of Incantrix Productions, and sits on the Board of Directors for Be Epic, Inc, a live-action games non-profit company. She speaks about game design at many local Boston colleges, such as Northeastern, MIT, and Harvard, as well as at game conventions such as PAX East. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484171035382-WWVKN086DQKH65WSDZHF/image-asset.jpeg Team Noah Falstein Noah Falstein has been a professional game developer since 1980 (Sinistar, Secret of Monkey Island, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, ReMission, Neuroracer), and was one of the first ten employees at LucasArts Entertainment, The 3DO Company, and Dreamworks Interactive. He ran The Inspiracy for 17 years, a game consultancy focusing on entertainment and serious games. Falstein was the first elected Chairman of the IGDA and design columnist for Game Developer magazine for 6 years. At Google, he contributes to game projects across the company including Daydream VR and Tango (AR), and engages with game developers worldwide as part of the VR team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484260522300-TAPVET63YTHWQ4N3BWOC/sunny+dhillon+headshot.jpg Team Sunny Dhillon Sunny Dhillon is a partner at Signia Venture Partners, an early stage Silicon Valley venture capital fund. He invests in VR, AR, gaming, ecommerce, and consumer technology companies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484686073179-PED4LI6NV0D665H159TV/image-asset.jpeg Team Timothy Lowe   Timothy Loew is Executive Director of MassDiGI. Prior to founding and starting up MassDiGI, Loew, an experienced administrator, held senior positions in business, development and academic planning at Becker College. Before Becker, he worked in financial services and as an independent management consultant to clients in the technology sector. He is an appointed member of the MA Creative Economy Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484171848688-3RX25UMSFTW2YZYXUZ4U/image-asset.jpeg Team Mike Dornbrook Mike completed his undergraduate studies at MIT. As a student, he very successfully ran the campus film and lecture series, the largest student activity on campus, earning him a “business” reputation. When his friends developed Zork, one of the earliest computer games at the computer game pioneer Infocom, they enlisted Mike to help them out. This marked the beginning of Mike’s long and successful career in gaming. Among his responsibilities at Infocom, Mike dealt with customer issues and, again tapping into his business spirit, saw an opportunity to build paid support services for the game players. While he was at business school at the University of Chicago, the company contracted with him to create the Zork Users Group. Mike published the highly successful New Zork Times mail-order newsletter to sell the game maps and InvisiClues hint booklets he created. After business school, Mike sold his company to Infocom and rejoined them as head of marketing. He launched over forty Top-10 bestsellers, and is particularly proud of championing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. After Activision’s acquisition of Infocom, Mike pursued a series of startups of his own, first in consumer products, and then in cellular services, before re-entering the computer games business as co-founder and president of Boffo Games. Eventually, Mike was recruited to Harmonix Music Systems where he served as COO and was responsible for Harmonix’s Finance, Administration, Legal, HR, Business Development and Marketing. Harmonix’s most famous product, Guitar Hero, became a huge hit, earning critical acclaim and breaking the record for the fastest videogame franchise to hit $1 billion in sales (it went on to sell $3 billion). Rock Band, Harmonix’s next franchise, broke this record by hitting $1 billion in sales in just over one year. Mike handled the major deals for the company, including the game publishing contracts, the Chinese manufacturing of all the drums and guitars, and the sale of the company to Viacom for over $700 million, including earnouts, one of the highest prices ever paid for a game developer, yielding the investors up to 220X. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484349669636-BDU28G3SGQZQ5GYO3LRR/andrejnabergoj.jpg Team Andrej Nabegoj Andrej is CEO and co-founder of Reach Mob Inc., a mobile and growth consultancy. Andrej was previously CEO of Iddiction, a mobile marketing firm and Outfit7, the creator of Talking Tom and one of the fastest growing mobile entertainment companies of all time with several billion downloads on iOS and Android. Prior to Outfit7, Andrej co-founded start-ups in Europe and Japan, including Httpool, a leading online advertising network, and Parsek, a software development firm. He is an advisor to mobile entertainment, social and health startups on business and product development, design thinking, mobile user acquisition, viral growth, fund raising and M&A. Andrej also serves as chairman for YES, a charitable association of young leaders in Eastern Europe and was an advisor to USAID. Andrej was the founding Curator of TEDx conference in Silicon Valley. In 2009, the World Economic Forum in Davos selected Andrej Nabergoj as a Young Global Leader. The honor is bestowed by the World Economic Forum each year to recognize the most distinguished leaders under the age of 40, nominated from around the world, who are shaking up policy, society and the world around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1484602293601-S5JZQTFTP0X31WNHR6L1/image-asset.jpeg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1532354796342-8QT6X043YCE57FK28CUN/redhatusta.jpg Team Durjoy (Ace) Bhattacharjya is an experienced entrepreneur and Internet executive based in Boston. Before trading the agency world for the startup world, Ace worked for some of the world’s greatest brands including Ford, IBM, Mercedes Benz, Starwood, JetBlue and Pfizer. Ace is currently the Founder and CEO of medicalrecords.com, a Boston-based healthcare IT firm. Prior to starting his own company, Ace was Vice President of Interactive Marketing for the renowned EXOS / Athletes’ Performance (acquired) and also ran Advanced Media for the United States Tennis Association and the US Open. He is an advisor and early stage investor to a number of companies including: DirectDerm, Amino Apps, Douroosi, Toscanini’s Ice Cream, SocialSign.in, Kapitall and Sharalike. Ace has a BA from Boston University in International Relations / Economics and is a mentor to BU’s Kindle program as well as a member of BU’s Med-Tech / Physical Sciences Ignition Award committee. As member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, Ace is a judge for the Webby Awards. He has also participated and been Head Judge at the Harvard Business School Venture Competition for many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1485145016905-N4010BN2NFE35S5SDXR9/jradoff_disruptor.jpg Team Jon Radoff is CEO and Founder of Disruptor Beam, a company focused on turning the world’s greatest entertainment franchises into the most successful mobile games. Radoff founded Disruptor Beam in 2011 and oversees company strategy and operations. Disruptor Beam creates highly authentic and story-driven games based around worlds that have spawned communities of millions of passionate, dedicated fans. The company released its first game, Game of Thrones Ascent, in 2013, and Star Trek Timelines for mobile devices in January 2016. The Walking Dead: March to War is currently under development. Previously, Radoff launched GamerDNA, a social media company that built products driven by real-time gamer behavior. GamerDNA merged with Live Gamer in 2011. 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Our team includes seasoned executives and serial entrepreneurs in technology and media, a double Oscar-winning filmmaker, and former head of content from Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, from the Stanford and MIT community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034346576-06JBR2REVQZACE6ET7WQ/logo+-+itai+Arbel.png 2018 Contact: inthegame@playlabs.tv InTheGame creates apps gamifying the viewing experience of esports and live broadcasts, powered by our computer vision & ai technology. inthegame brings interaction & engagement to new levels, by turning every viewing into an exciting game, while providing streamers & broadcasters with increased retention and new monetization channels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530191024645-DKC88T7NFLP35BKTJL4O/LUI.png 2018 Contact: lui@playlabs.tv LUI is a new Human-Computer Interface for interactive media on large screens and AR/VR platforms. It utilizes voice and gestures to naturally control UI elements such as Maps, Photos and Youtube. The technology removes the boundary introduced by remotes and controllers and hopes to be a standard for large screens. This project is advised by V. Michael Bove, Principal Investigator of Object-Based Media at MIT Media Lab and John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries and scientific advisor for the Minority Report and Iron Man interface. https://www.playlabs.tv/2018-1 daily 0.75 2018-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530033609375-AC3DWXOZO8CBL9JKE68J/BitMovio+Company+Logo+-+Dark+Background+-+Simon+Zhu.png Copy of 2018 Contact: bitmovio@playlabs.tv BitMovio is a blockchain enabled video entertainment marketplace, connecting forward-thinking content creators with passionate consumers. We aim to disrupt the current Netflix and YouTube centralized content distribution model. Our platform gives content creators complete control of their content and audience, and earn in innovative ways using crypto tokens with fully transparent and real-time royalty payout. Our team includes seasoned executives and serial entrepreneurs in technology and media, a double Oscar-winning filmmaker, and former head of content from Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, from the Stanford and MIT community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1534943949044-AYQHQ5SYBVEI0OOWXC3G/DrillPressImage+300x300+-+Sanjeev+Surati.png Copy of 2018 Contact: whetstone@playlabs.tv Whetstone Technologies is a software company building a platform to enable easy creation of voice applications for Amazon’s Alexa, Google Home and other voice technologies with a specific focus on the healthcare vertical. Founders Sanjeev Surati and John Iwasz are both ex-Microsoft and are leveraging their over 25 years each in the software industry to create best in class voice-first solutions for both healthcare providers and patients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1534943908280-2811PS8BTI9DNL5WE9G2/logo+-+Steven+Wang.png Copy of 2018 Contact: realism@playlabs.tv Realism is a 3D education platform that helps teachers engage students and adopt critical new science standards through gamified inquiry based science labs. With VR and laptop platform versions usable in any classroom, Realism is at the forefront of facilitating the paradigm shift in education & technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530033779787-WVHP0T4DO6QDLD6IAE42/IMG_20180626_103751_485+-+Sasha+Safonov.jpg Copy of 2018 Contact: button@playlabs.tv BUTTON WALLET is developing a multi-crypto-currency wallet called BUTTON and crypto exchange which works inside Telegram (the key messaging platform in the crypto/blockchain industry). Using crypto currency is difficult for normal end users; our main goal is building a convenient, easy to use instrument for crypto-currency asset management and personal digital finance. The alpha version of the platform has attracted more than 6,000 users with 0.45$ CAC due to viral-driven marketing strategy in Telegram and high conversion rates. We are in the MIT Play Labs accelerator and winners of blockchain hackathons from IBM, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530191024645-DKC88T7NFLP35BKTJL4O/LUI.png Copy of 2018 Contact: lui@playlabs.tv LUI is a new Human-Computer Interface for interactive media on large screens and AR/VR platforms. It utilizes voice and gestures to naturally control UI elements such as Maps, Photos and Youtube. The technology removes the boundary introduced by remotes and controllers and hopes to be a standard for large screens. This project is advised by V. Michael Bove, Principal Investigator of Object-Based Media at MIT Media Lab and John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries and scientific advisor for the Minority Report and Iron Man interface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034717532-BV031BUVT0R6AHI6XEUX/PlaySparkLogo+-+Jonathan+Macanian.png Copy of 2018 Contact: playspark@playlabs.tv PlaySpark is creating the next generation of social gaming in Augmented Reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034346576-06JBR2REVQZACE6ET7WQ/logo+-+itai+Arbel.png Copy of 2018 Contact: inthegame@playlabs.tv InTheGame creates apps gamifying the viewing experience of esports and live broadcasts, powered by our computer vision & ai technology. inthegame brings interaction & engagement to new levels, by turning every viewing into an exciting game, while providing streamers & broadcasters with increased retention and new monetization channels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034888174-BJVO3PRH15SCX4IFKKZ6/logo+-+Arjun+Devarajan.png Copy of 2018 Contact: toucanai@playlabs.tv Toucan AI is the only platform that allows you to create conversational AI characters with their own memories and personalities. These characters can have full, spoken conversations with users, and they remove the need for complex dialogue trees or pre-scripted conversations. With a Toucan AI Character, anyone can turn their game, simulation, or brand into an immersive, uninterrupted experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530033928512-7IUZ5J1UV320ZP7JS7VB/BlocksCAD+HiRes+Logo+-+Solomon+Menashi.png Copy of 2018 Contact: blockscad@playlabs.tv BlocksCAD 3D modeling software fills a critical need for teachers in elementary and middle schools seeking ways to leverage engaging 3D printers with teaching math and coding fundamentals. In classrooms and afterschool programs around the country, we have shown that students who engage in activities using BlocksCAD have improved attitudes towards math, engineering, and computational thinking. BlocksCAD has over 200,000 users worldwide and is being adopted as an innovative technology in schools and districts across the US. We have partnered with organizations such as Code.org and Google Education to more and more learners and educators who seek engaging new ways to get students excited about coding and STEM.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034605638-6EX3VQGFCXFI05ASL5OL/image-asset.png Copy of 2018 Contact: sitnplay@playlabs.tv SitNPlay Games is an E-Sports platform that connects players all around the globe providing ad-hoc competitions for real prizes that can be cashed out by the users trough PayPal, Bitcoin, Rixty Credits or even Steam Gift Cards. https://www.playlabs.tv/copy-of-2018 daily 0.75 2018-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034888174-BJVO3PRH15SCX4IFKKZ6/logo+-+Arjun+Devarajan.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: toucanai@playlabs.tv Toucan AI is the only platform that allows you to create conversational AI characters with their own memories and personalities. These characters can have full, spoken conversations with users, and they remove the need for complex dialogue trees or pre-scripted conversations. With a Toucan AI Character, anyone can turn their game, simulation, or brand into an immersive, uninterrupted experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034605638-6EX3VQGFCXFI05ASL5OL/image-asset.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: sitnplay@playlabs.tv SitNPlay Games is an E-Sports platform that connects players all around the globe providing ad-hoc competitions for real prizes that can be cashed out by the users trough PayPal, Bitcoin, Rixty Credits or even Steam Gift Cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1534943949044-AYQHQ5SYBVEI0OOWXC3G/DrillPressImage+300x300+-+Sanjeev+Surati.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: whetstone@playlabs.tv Whetstone Technologies is a software company building a platform to enable easy creation of voice applications for Amazon’s Alexa, Google Home and other voice technologies with a specific focus on the healthcare vertical. Founders Sanjeev Surati and John Iwasz are both ex-Microsoft and are leveraging their over 25 years each in the software industry to create best in class voice-first solutions for both healthcare providers and patients. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530033609375-AC3DWXOZO8CBL9JKE68J/BitMovio+Company+Logo+-+Dark+Background+-+Simon+Zhu.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: bitmovio@playlabs.tv BitMovio is a blockchain enabled video entertainment marketplace, connecting forward-thinking content creators with passionate consumers. We aim to disrupt the current Netflix and YouTube centralized content distribution model. Our platform gives content creators complete control of their content and audience, and earn in innovative ways using crypto tokens with fully transparent and real-time royalty payout. Our team includes seasoned executives and serial entrepreneurs in technology and media, a double Oscar-winning filmmaker, and former head of content from Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, from the Stanford and MIT community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034717532-BV031BUVT0R6AHI6XEUX/PlaySparkLogo+-+Jonathan+Macanian.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: playspark@playlabs.tv PlaySpark is creating the next generation of social gaming in Augmented Reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530034346576-06JBR2REVQZACE6ET7WQ/logo+-+itai+Arbel.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: inthegame@playlabs.tv InTheGame creates apps gamifying the viewing experience of esports and live broadcasts, powered by our computer vision & ai technology. inthegame brings interaction & engagement to new levels, by turning every viewing into an exciting game, while providing streamers & broadcasters with increased retention and new monetization channels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530033928512-7IUZ5J1UV320ZP7JS7VB/BlocksCAD+HiRes+Logo+-+Solomon+Menashi.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: blockscad@playlabs.tv BlocksCAD 3D modeling software fills a critical need for teachers in elementary and middle schools seeking ways to leverage engaging 3D printers with teaching math and coding fundamentals. In classrooms and afterschool programs around the country, we have shown that students who engage in activities using BlocksCAD have improved attitudes towards math, engineering, and computational thinking. BlocksCAD has over 200,000 users worldwide and is being adopted as an innovative technology in schools and districts across the US. We have partnered with organizations such as Code.org and Google Education to more and more learners and educators who seek engaging new ways to get students excited about coding and STEM.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530033779787-WVHP0T4DO6QDLD6IAE42/IMG_20180626_103751_485+-+Sasha+Safonov.jpg Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: button@playlabs.tv BUTTON WALLET is developing a multi-crypto-currency wallet called BUTTON and crypto exchange which works inside Telegram (the key messaging platform in the crypto/blockchain industry). Using crypto currency is difficult for normal end users; our main goal is building a convenient, easy to use instrument for crypto-currency asset management and personal digital finance. The alpha version of the platform has attracted more than 6,000 users with 0.45$ CAC due to viral-driven marketing strategy in Telegram and high conversion rates. We are in the MIT Play Labs accelerator and winners of blockchain hackathons from IBM, Microsoft Imagine Cup, Waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1530191024645-DKC88T7NFLP35BKTJL4O/LUI.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: lui@playlabs.tv LUI is a new Human-Computer Interface for interactive media on large screens and AR/VR platforms. It utilizes voice and gestures to naturally control UI elements such as Maps, Photos and Youtube. The technology removes the boundary introduced by remotes and controllers and hopes to be a standard for large screens. This project is advised by V. Michael Bove, Principal Investigator of Object-Based Media at MIT Media Lab and John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries and scientific advisor for the Minority Report and Iron Man interface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/585c2d78579fb3784b2eb77d/1534943908280-2811PS8BTI9DNL5WE9G2/logo+-+Steven+Wang.png Copy of Copy of 2018 Contact: realism@playlabs.tv Realism is a 3D education platform that helps teachers engage students and adopt critical new science standards through gamified inquiry based science labs. With VR and laptop platform versions usable in any classroom, Realism is at the forefront of facilitating the paradigm shift in education & technology. https://www.playlabs.tv/2018 daily 0.75 2018-08-27