The Hydrastack co-founders are building an AI-powered platform that converts land-based casino games to online in weeks—solving a supply chain problem that's frustrated manufacturers, operators, and players for years.
Also: eyeDP closed a seed round to scale document fraud detection, and GridGorilla plans to reinvent the Super Bowl squares format into something digital, and bigger.
Co-founders Nathan Thomas and Brett Debari are bootstrapping a patented squares-style prediction game, and why they see it as a low-friction onboarding funnel for the broader real-money gaming category.
Also: We’re partnering with Defy The Odds to elevate startups and founders, and why LuckyDraw thinks prize draws can help operators court customers.
Former Bragg executive Yaniv Spielberg says anyone can win money, but customers will always remember the operator that gave them World Cup tickets or a Rolex watch.
CEO Nigel Eccles outlines BetHog’s ambitious plans to roll out AI dealers through its new B2B arm, Sentient Studios.
Also: We tracked 13 deals and $159M in disclosed early-stage deals in 1Q26, and TallyUp’s plans to ladder up its popular free-play game into the world's biggest tournament.
BettingStartups will be the host of the Startup Zone at SBC Americas, and is offering an exclusive opportunity for startups to exhibit within it
Prediction markets lead a 13-deal quarter as capital flows into infrastructure, AI, and crypto-native platforms.
CEO Jason White on 250 million games played, plans for a $10M Series A, and why attention is the most important currency.
Also: Pumpcade raises $1M pre-seed for faster, data-verified prediction market, and i3Soft founder on how he plans to win back online poker’s casual players.
