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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO

Nearly 10 years ago, Bill James, a pioneer in sports analytics methodology, said if there’s one thing he wished more people understood about sabermetrics, pertaining to baseball, it’s that the data is not the point. During each week of games, the platform captures and processes 6.8 Souza’s advice: Cultivate curiosity.

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VR gaming startup ForeVR Games raises $10M to grow its library of Wii Sports-like titles

TechCrunch

While Meta tries to convince users to attend virtual work meetings in its metaverse , ForeVR Games , a VR gaming startup with casual games like bowling, darts and cornhole, is a reminder that virtual reality is supposed to be fun. Much like Wii Sports, ForeVR games are designed to be easy to play.

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Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform

TechCrunch

Web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a €4.7 million ($5 million) seed round of funding, as the French startup prepares to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform beyond football (“soccer”) and into the basketball realm. Moreover, in the future there is scope to expand beyond sports into the broader gaming sphere.

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Why sports tech is bigger than a game

TechCrunch

For this week’s deep dive, Alex and Natasha dug into the burgeoning sports media, sports gaming and fantasy sports world through the lens of some early-stage startups. Naturally, the Equity team is what comes to mind when you consider the correct and right people to discuss sports.

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Fantasy sports app Champions Round raises $7M to build new content creator feature

TechCrunch

Champions Round , a fantasy league startup that caters to Gen Z sports fans, announced today that it raised $7 million in new Series A funding. Users, particularly Gen Z users, are moving away from traditional fantasy sports, where leagues are tied to entire seasons. However, the majority of DFS games require money to play.

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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

TechCrunch

Whether because of pandemic fatigue or frustration over the limitations of today’s AR tech, the Google-spawned startup has struggled mightily to replicate the success of GO, which became one of the fastest-growing games in history shortly after it launched in July 2016. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture?

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FanDuel founder and Sequoia bet on Spanish-language fantasy sports app Draftea

TechCrunch

While he didn’t necessarily make it to the “big leagues” playing the sport, his new company Draftea aims to win over the 350 million sports fans in Latin America, Jaime Misrahi told TechCrunch in an interview. Draftea’s app charges sports fans a fee to draft a lineup of players and compete to win daily cash prizes.

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