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Fanvibe

Y CombinatorSummer 2010AcquiredConsumerSocial

What they do

Problem

Sports fans lack a simple way to see what games friends are watching and chat in real time while also getting relevant scores and news.

Solution

Fanvibe is a mobile app that lets users check into live games to chat/trash-talk with friends and receive personalized real-time scores, alerts, and breaking sports news.

Who it's for

Sports fans who watch live games and want to interact with friends and follow scores/news on their iPhone.

Founders

Vishwas Prabhakara
Founder/CEO

Currently Founder & CEO of HoneyHomes.com - Tackling home upkeep for homeowners. Previously COO of Digit (acquired), VP at Yelp, and YC S'10 Founder (Fanvibe)

Arthur Chang
Founder/Lead Technical Architect

Currently building Ravel (ravelmade.com) Formerly YC S10 founder (Fanvibe) and YC W15 founder (Priime) Background: software engineering (web, mobile, web3, AI), filmmaker, photographer

Joe Pestro
Founder

Founder at Priime (YC W15) & Fanvibe (YC S10) Want to chat about your product? Technical product management, scaling, uptime, team building, mentoring, information technology, strategy Want to chat about your tech stack? Full-stack web, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Ruby, Rails, iOS (Apple "Best New App"), macOS (Apple "Editors Choice"), Windows, Linux, Swift, Electron, Chrome extensions, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, DevOps, Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, PHP

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