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Jared Geller and the rules behind the game
Before co-founding Triumph, Jared Geller studied the mathematics of winning and losing. His next problem was making real-money competition work beyond the game itself.
The House Always Needs Faster Code
Derivco Sports built the machinery behind Betway's betting slip. Its revealing breakthrough was not a flashy feature, but making live odds move before a customer could change their mind.
Jake Brooks
Jake Brooks is the co-founder and co-CEO of Triumph, a San Francisco company that gives mobile game developers a drop-in SDK to add real-money, skill-based tournaments to their games. He dropped out of Stanford during the pandemic to build it, and in 2023 the company launched with $14.1M in seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst. Triumph handles the hard parts - payments, KYC, anti-fraud, matchmaking and state-by-state compliance - so developers can monetize beyond ads. Brooks pitches real-money competition as a third pillar of game revenue alongside advertising and in-app purchases.