# Sankar Jayaram

> Sankar (Jay) Jayaram is the co-founder and CEO of Quintar, a Santa Clara startup building augmented reality experiences for live sports. A former Washington State University engineering professor who founded the school's virtual reality lab in 1994, he co-founded VOKE with his wife Uma Jayaram, sold it to Intel in 2016, and served as CTO of Intel Sports before spinning out Quintar in 2021. Quintar became the official AR developer for the PGA Tour and shipped PGA Tour Vision for Apple Vision Pro.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Quintar, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Quintar, Inc., Intel Sports (former), VOKE (former), Washington State University (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (22 years), Washington State University
- **Known for:** Founded the WSU Virtual Reality Laboratory in 1994, one of the earliest academic VR labs, Co-founded VOKE and sold it to Intel in 2016, Served as CTO of Intel Sports

## Career timeline

- **1994** — Founded the Virtual Reality and Computer Integrated Manufacturing Lab at Washington State University
- **1990s-2010s** — Served 22 years as a professor at WSU, pioneering virtual assembly and prototyping research
- **2010s** — Co-founded VOKE with wife Uma Jayaram, a live VR sports and events startup
- **2016** — Raised $12.5M for VOKE from Intel Capital, Sacramento Kings, A&E and others
- **2016** — Intel acquired VOKE; it became Intel True VR
- **2017-2020** — Served as CTO of Intel Sports, driving immersive sports experiences
- **2021** — Co-founded and launched Quintar, the first AR-centered fan technology company for live sports
- **2021** — Raised seed funding led by SeventySix Capital; partnered with Google ARCore
- **2024** — Closed Series A led by Centre Court Capital ($8.2M round); shipped PGA Tour Vision for Apple Vision Pro

## Achievements

- Founded the WSU Virtual Reality Laboratory in 1994, one of the earliest academic VR labs
- Co-founded VOKE and sold it to Intel in 2016
- Served as CTO of Intel Sports
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Built Quintar into the PGA Tour's official mobile augmented reality developer
- Shipped PGA Tour Vision, one of the launch sports apps for Apple Vision Pro
- Widely cited academic work on virtual assembly and prototyping from the 1990s

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Quintar secured a Series A investment led by Centre Court Capital and added Mustafa Ghouse to its board, part of an ~$8.2M round for its spatial XR platform.
- **2024-02** — Quintar's work powered PGA Tour Vision, featured among the sports apps launching on Apple Vision Pro.

## Links

- Website: https://quintar.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sankar-jay-jayaram-0871b99

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