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TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH  —  2024

12:15p - 12:45p

PANEL: State of the Investment Landscape in Gaming Infrastructure

1p - 1:45p

ROUND TABLE: Future of Creative & Technical Game Development Solutions

2p - 2:45p

PANEL: AI's Place in Game Development Content Creation

EVENT SCHEDULE

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KAYLA COMALLI

Lovelace Studio CEO and former AI roboticist, Kayla is adapting data-driven generation techniques for UGC storytelling. She and her team are helping players build meaningful and dynamic realms across an MMO multiverse.

MORITZ BAIER-LENTZ

Moritz Baier-Lentz is a Partner and the Head of Gaming at Lightspeed, a globally leading venture capital firm with more than $29 billion in AUM, and over 200 exits across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He's advised the world's largest gaming and technology corporations on over $300 billion in transaction volume across M&A, IPOs, VC, and strategic financings. 

 

In his personal time, Moritz is an avid Ironman and ultramarathon athlete, including the World Marathon Challenge (7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days). He spent his teenage years competitively playing Blizzard’s Diablo II, culminating in a global #1 ranking in 2003.

JOSIAH KIEHL

Josiah Kiehl has a background in Software Engineering, most notably at Riot Games and Google where he applied his expertise in large scale distributed systems and software development efficiency to deliver games and software to global audiences. Now, he is CEO of Sprocket Games, a venture backed game studio designed to solve the most fundamental scalability problems of PvE content delivery across all disciplines.

SLATER VICTOROFF

Slater Victoroff holds three active positions as the CEO of Mythica, CTO of Indico Data, and an Entrepreneur in Residence at 406 Ventures. His journey began at Olin College, founding Indico Data in 2012 with the goal of making deep learning more accessible. Under his guidance, Indico made early contributions to generative AI and the practical use of foundation models. Now at Mythica, Slater is focused on creating large-scale procedural ecosystems for gaming, blending his comprehensive AI background with gaming innovations.

NATHAN YU

Nathan is the Director of Product & GM of Labs at Inworld AI, where he drives product and partnership strategy to commercialize the next generation of AI-powered games. Prior to Inworld, he has an extensive background leading AI and XR product teams at Microsoft, Amazon, and Pison. Nathan holds a degree in Computer Science, Economics, and Human Centered Design from Dartmouth College and enjoys mentoring PMs and learning everything in his spare time.

GIUSEPPE STUTO

Giuseppe is the co-founder and managing partner of 186 Ventures, a Boston / NYC based seed stage VC. Prior to transitioning to VC, he was a former founder and operator with both large-scale consumer technology and “deep tech” experience. He likes to work with, and support founders, who are tackling ideas that have the ability to disrupt the way things operate in today’s world from the earliest of stages. Before 186 Ventures, Giuseppe was a founder and CEO at Fam. Fam built one of the largest group video communities ever by scaling to more than seven million users within a year. Fam was acquired by DraftKings, where he subsequently served in product and strategy roles leading up to their IPO.

GRAHAM BROOKS

Graham leads data and AI investing for .406 Ventures. Having spent his whole career in data and AI, it’s natural that he has been focused there since joining the firm in 2007. He employs a thesis-driven approach which allows .406 to be ahead of the curve in identifying the next transformative companies; these include deep tech companies disrupting the data stack, ML/AI enablers, and highly disruptive AI-aps. In addition to investing, he runs the firm’s college and university outreach program, .406 Student Fellows. Directing this program has not only put him in front of the next generation of leading founders but has also reinforced his connection to deep research companies operating within academic settings as well.

GAURAV BHOGALE

Gaurav Bhogale is a Vice President at Galaxy Interactive investing at the intersection of gaming and technology. Previously, Gaurav worked at Google in their Bay Area and Sydney offices for 8+ years where he led global product and growth strategies for Google’s top mobile apps like Maps, Gmail, and YouTube. He began his career in tech working with PlayStation’s brand and marketing team, where he helped launch the PlayStation 3 in Asia. Gaurav loves making the most of his private pilot’s license, traveling to countries with great local wines, and hiking. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

MEET OUR SPEAKERS

MORITZ BAIER-LENTZ

Moritz Baier-Lentz is a Partner and the Head of Gaming at Lightspeed, a globally leading venture capital firm with more than $29 billion in AUM, and over 200 exits across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He's advised the world's largest gaming and technology corporations on over $300 billion in transaction volume across M&A, IPOs, VC, and strategic financings. 

 

In his personal time, Moritz is an avid Ironman and ultramarathon athlete, including the World Marathon Challenge (7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days). He spent his teenage years competitively playing Blizzard’s Diablo II, culminating in a global #1 ranking in 2003.

JOSIAH KIEHL

Josiah Kiehl has a background in Software Engineering, most notably at Riot Games and Google where he applied his expertise in large scale distributed systems and software development efficiency to deliver games and software to global audiences. Now, he is CEO of Sprocket Games, a venture backed game studio designed to solve the most fundamental scalability problems of PvE content delivery across all disciplines.

SLATER VICTOROFF

Slater Victoroff holds three active positions as the CEO of Mythica, CTO of Indico Data, and an Entrepreneur in Residence at 406 Ventures. His journey began at Olin College, founding Indico Data in 2012 with the goal of making deep learning more accessible. Under his guidance, Indico made early contributions to generative AI and the practical use of foundation models. Now at Mythica, Slater is focused on creating large-scale procedural ecosystems for gaming, blending his comprehensive AI background with gaming innovations.

GAURAV BHOGALE

Gaurav Bhogale is a Vice President at Galaxy Interactive investing at the intersection of gaming and technology. Previously, Gaurav worked at Google in their Bay Area and Sydney offices for 8+ years where he led global product and growth strategies for Google’s top mobile apps like Maps, Gmail, and YouTube. He began his career in tech working with PlayStation’s brand and marketing team, where he helped launch the PlayStation 3 in Asia. Gaurav loves making the most of his private pilot’s license, traveling to countries with great local wines, and hiking. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

NATHAN YU

Nathan is the Director of Product & GM of Labs at Inworld AI, where he drives product and partnership strategy to commercialize the next generation of AI-powered games. Prior to Inworld, he has an extensive background leading AI and XR product teams at Microsoft, Amazon, and Pison. Nathan holds a degree in Computer Science, Economics, and Human Centered Design from Dartmouth College and enjoys mentoring PMs and learning everything in his spare time.

GIUSEPPE STUTO

Giuseppe is the co-founder and managing partner of 186 Ventures, a Boston / NYC based seed stage VC. Prior to transitioning to VC, he was a former founder and operator with both large-scale consumer technology and “deep tech” experience. He likes to work with, and support founders, who are tackling ideas that have the ability to disrupt the way things operate in today’s world from the earliest of stages. Before 186 Ventures, Giuseppe was a founder and CEO at Fam. Fam built one of the largest group video communities ever by scaling to more than seven million users within a year. Fam was acquired by DraftKings, where he subsequently served in product and strategy roles leading up to their IPO.

KAYLA COMALLI

Lovelace Studio CEO and former AI roboticist, Kayla is adapting data-driven generation techniques for UGC storytelling. She and her team are helping players build meaningful and dynamic realms across an MMO multiverse.

ADAM GOODRICH

Adam is a technologist and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience. He has worked at startups in Australia and Silicon Valley and led teams to envision and build solutions that deliver real value. Career highlights include helping to stop the extinction of several fisheries, building and exiting a market-leading digital agency, being recognized as a global innovator in graphics by Intel, creating Unity's most popular world-building solution ever, and working with global brands across industries to solve interesting and complex problems.

GRAHAM BROOKS

Graham leads data and AI investing for .406 Ventures. Having spent his whole career in data and AI, it’s natural that he has been focused there since joining the firm in 2007. He employs a thesis-driven approach which allows .406 to be ahead of the curve in identifying the next transformative companies; these include deep tech companies disrupting the data stack, ML/AI enablers, and highly disruptive AI-aps. In addition to investing, he runs the firm’s college and university outreach program, .406 Student Fellows. Directing this program has not only put him in front of the next generation of leading founders but has also reinforced his connection to deep research companies operating within academic settings as well.

ADAM GOODRICH

Adam is a technologist and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience. He has worked at startups in Australia and Silicon Valley and led teams to envision and build solutions that deliver real value. Career highlights include helping to stop the extinction of several fisheries, building and exiting a market-leading digital agency, being recognized as a global innovator in graphics by Intel, creating Unity's most popular world-building solution ever, and working with global brands across industries to solve interesting and complex problems.

JACOB REPP

Jacob Repp is a seasoned technical leader with over 20 years of experience in the gaming and technology industries. Most recently, he spent four years as an early engineer at City Storage Systems, working on distributed infrastructure and custom hardware. Jacob had a 10-year career at Blizzard Entertainment, serving as Principal Engineer and Technical Director across various games, including StarCraft 2, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and internal incubation for new projects. During his time at Blizzard, Jacob directed the efforts to support the DeepMind AlphaStar project. Earlier in his career, Jacob was on the Xbox platform team and has contributed to many other games and projects at NCSoft, EA, and various startups.

JACOB REPP

Jacob Repp is a seasoned technical leader with over 20 years of experience in the gaming and technology industries. Most recently, he spent four years as an early engineer at City Storage Systems, working on distributed infrastructure and custom hardware. Jacob had a 10-year career at Blizzard Entertainment, serving as Principal Engineer and Technical Director across various games, including StarCraft 2, Overwatch, Heroes of the Storm, and internal incubation for new projects. During his time at Blizzard, Jacob directed the efforts to support the DeepMind AlphaStar project. Earlier in his career, Jacob was on the Xbox platform team and has contributed to many other games and projects at NCSoft, EA, and various startups.

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Meet 40 World-class industry leaders crafting the next generation of 3D World-building.

Join us at our live charity event in San Francisco or online to learn about the future of tool development and environmental construction pipelines.

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