Board is a New York startup building the first face-to-face game console: a 24-inch touchscreen in a wood-finish frame that recognizes physical game pieces, merging the tactile feel of board games with the interactivity of video games. Founded by Brynn Putnam, who previously sold connected-fitness company Mirror to Lululemon for $500M, Board makes 'together tech' meant to bring people back into the same room. Priced at $399, it ships with included games and is already in tens of thousands of homes, schools, hospitals and restaurants across all 50 states.
Brynn Putnam is the founder and CEO of Board, a New York startup making a face-to-face game console that blends board games and video games on a 24-inch touchscreen that reads physical pieces. A former professional ballerina with the New York City Ballet and a Harvard graduate, she built the boutique studio Refine Method and then Mirror, the connected-fitness company she sold to Lululemon for $500 million in 2020. In 2026 Board raised a $20M Series A led by Union Square Ventures, with the device already in tens of thousands of homes, schools, hospitals and restaurants.