Jam.gg (formerly Piepacker)
Jam.gg, play couch games online with friends
What they do
Friends want to play multiplayer couch-style games together online, but existing options are hard to access and often require high bandwidth.
Jam.gg is a web-based platform that combines online multiplayer gaming with video chat and uses patented low-bandwidth streaming technology to make games highly accessible.
Consumers who want to play retro, indie, and board multiplayer games online with friends.
Founders
Benjamin worked in gaming at EA, Ubisoft and Gameloft on over ~20 games. He created and scaled data science at Gameloft. He joined Facebook as Head of Analytics then moved to Twitch as Head of Research. Now an entrepreneur, he co-founded Jamgg (YCS20) and Onibi (2023). He has spoken at global events like TEDx and lectured at prestigious universities, including UdeM and MIT.
Former academic researcher at UCSD. Worked as a software engineer at AWS, Docker and Madhive. Loves distributed systems, hacking things together quickly, surfing and gaming.
Company timeline
- Founded2020
- YC batchSummer 2020
- StatusInactive
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
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