# Jabali

> Jabali is a generative-AI game engine that lets people build and publish playable 2D and 3D games by describing them in plain language, no coding required. Founded in 2023 by former Meta, Amazon, Zynga and Microsoft gaming executives alongside AI researchers, the company wants to do for game creation what ChatGPT did for writing. It raised a $5M seed round led by BITKRAFT Ventures with Sony Innovation Fund and Sapphire Sport participating, and opened its Jabali Studio platform in early access in October 2025.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Los Altos, California, United States (with a Raleigh, North Carolina team)
- **Founders:** Vatsal Bhardwaj (Founder & CEO), Dr. Arnav Jhala (Co-founder / AI Research (game AI, NC State & UC Santa Cruz))
- **Team size:** About 24 employees (roughly 8 core members reported in 2025), split between Los Altos/San Francisco, California and Raleigh, North Carolina
- **Products:** Jabali Web, Jabali Studio, Jabali Play
- **Notable:** Raised a $5M seed round led by BITKRAFT with Sony Innovation Fund and Sapphire Sport in March 2024., Assembled a founding team with 50+ years of combined gaming experience and games played by over a billion people., Launched Jabali Studio into early access in October 2025.

## Products & services

- **Jabali Web** — Prompt-to-game tool that generates playable games from a natural-language description in seconds, directly in the browser.
- **Jabali Studio** — Desktop-class development environment with adaptive AI agents, support for 2D, 3D and multiplayer games, two creative modes (Vibe Code and Design Mode), self-healing projects and full source-code access. Entered early access October 2025.
- **Jabali Play** — Community platform for discovering, exploring and playing games made on Jabali.

## Achievements

- Raised a $5M seed round led by BITKRAFT with Sony Innovation Fund and Sapphire Sport in March 2024.
- Assembled a founding team with 50+ years of combined gaming experience and games played by over a billion people.
- Launched Jabali Studio into early access in October 2025.
- Scaled supported game styles from 2 to 20 within months of launch.
- Built multi-engine support (native, Godot, Phaser) with Unity and Unreal on the roadmap.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Jabali Studio opened in early access, adding Vibe Code and Design Mode, multi-engine support (Godot, Phaser), self-healing projects and full source-code access.
- **2025** — Expanded from 2 to 20 supported game styles and integrated multiple AI models (Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Grok).
- **2024-03** — Announced $5M seed round and public unveiling of the generative-AI game engine.

## Links

- Website: https://jabali.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jabali-ai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jabali-ai
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jabali.ai/

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Last updated: 2026-08-04