Riaan Xhumana nabaholi begeyimu nabe-metaverse ku-inthanethi ku-GamesBeat Summit: Ku-Metaverse 3 kulo Februwari 1-2. Bhalisa lapha.
I-Gankster, inkundla yemidlalo yokuncintisana yonke into kanye ne-esports, inyuse amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-4.25 ngoxhaso lwembewu. Umzuliswano ubuholwa ngokuhlanganyela yiBessemer Venture Partners kanye neHetz Ventures. U-Overwolf no-Samsung Next babambe iqhaza kanye nabatshalizimali bezingelosi u-Doron Nir (umsunguli nomongameli we-StreamElements), u-Doron Kagan (umsunguli we-Gameplay Galaxy) noDaniel Burns (uzakwethu e-Oakvale Capital).
I-Gankster’s umgomo uwukwakha ingqalasizinda ye-backend kanye nesistimu yokusebenza yemidlalo yokuncintisana. Ngenethiwekhi yayo namathuluzi amaqembu, abantu ngabanye, abashicileli, abahleli bemiqhudelwano nemikhiqizo, i-Gankster ifuna ukuhlanganisa i-esports ecosystem endaweni eyodwa.
Inkampani isakaza inethi ebanzi. Izimbangi ezivamile nabadlali abanohlonze bangakha amaqembu, baqhudelane, bazilolonge kuma-scrims futhi balandelele idatha yomdlalo besebenzisa i-Gankster. Ngokusho kukaGankster, lo mkhiqizo ubudume kakhulu emaqenjini asekolishi nawabesifazane. Iphinde iziqhayise ngosekelo lwezinhlangano ezinkulu ze-esports – i-Immortals, i-Dignitas, i-XSET ne-TSM.
“Kumdlali wansuku zonke, ukuthola iqembu nemiqhudelwano kuyinselele njengoba imakethe ihlukene phakathi futhi ngokwesiko ithembele ku-Discord namaspredishithi,” kuphawula u-Uriya Schwarz, oyi-CEO ye-Gankster. “[The platform] inikeza indawo ebanzi nefinyelelekayo yokukhula kochwepheshe kuwo wonke umdlali emhlabeni, kusukela kochwepheshe ukuya kubadlali abavamile, ngokuxhumanisa zonke izinyathelo zohambo lwabadlali abaqhudelanayo endaweni eyodwa.”
I-Gankster isebenzisa ukufinyelela okuqondile kwe-API ezihlokweni ezisekelwayo ukuze yenze ngokuzenzakalelayo imisebenzi eminingi yenhlangano edingekayo ukuze kuqhutshwe imiqhudelwano yemidlalo. Lokhu kuhlanganisa izici ezifana Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Discord, uhlelo lokuzilolonga lokubhukha, ukuqashwa kwabadlali kanye nekhalenda leqembu lezenhlalo. Njengamanje, isekela i-League of Legends, i-Valorant, i-Rocket League ne-Dota 2. Kukhona izinhlelo zokusekela imidlalo yeselula kanye nempi ye-royale maduzane.
Ukulwa nobuthi kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu ku-Gankster. Ukuze kugqugquzelwe indawo enempilo yokuncintisana yabo bonke, u-Gankster uklame isistimu yesithunzi ye-GANKREP 1.0. Izilinganiso zomdlali zibalwa kusetshenziswa ukubuyekezwa kontanga kwangemuva komdlalo kanye nedatha evela kukho kokubili uhlelo lokusebenza nemidlalo ngokwayo.
I-Gankster yaqala ukuthuthuka maphakathi no-2021. Ngonyaka wayo wokuqala, inkampani ibilokhu ikhula kancane kancane ngaphezu kuka-20% inyanga nenyanga ngaphandle kokuchitha imali ekukhangiseni. Namuhla, inkundla isingathe amaqembu abhalisiwe angaphezu kuka-20,000.
I-Gankster ihlela ukusebenzisa lolu xhaso lwembewu ukuheha ithalente eliphezulu, ukunwebela emidlalweni eyengeziwe, ukuxhasa imiqhudelwano nokweseka imiphakathi yamageyimu ku-inthanethi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Gankster ihlela ukuqala ukwenza imali ngomkhiqizo wayo ku-Q1 ka-2023.
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