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Launching an AI + UGC Startup

Launching an AI + UGC Startup

Naavik Gaming Podcast

October 8, 202455m 40s

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Show Notes

When designing content creation tools for the masses, most platforms have to make trade-offs across accessibility, ease of use, capability, and power of the toolsets. However, AI has the potential to provide the best of both worlds. For instance, co-pilot technology empowers non-technical creators to write code, and 3D gen-AI enables entire environments to be created from simple command line prompts. 


We’re seeing a number of companies emerge that are taking advantage of AI in order to compete with UGC gaming incumbents like Roblox and Fortnite. To help us understand the opportunities ahead, host David Taylor is joined by Vishnu Hari and Peggy Wang, the co-founders of ego, and Tabish Ahmed, the founder of Playroom. Additionally, we spend some time discussing the potential of Discord and Meta Horizon Worlds as emerging platforms in their own rights.


We’d also like to thank Heroic Labs for making this episode possible! Thousands of studios have trusted Heroic Labs to help them focus on their games and not worry about gametech or scaling for success. To learn more and reach out, make sure to visit https://heroiclabs.com/?utm_source=Naavik&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Podcast 


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