Tips Out (known online as TipsOutBaby) is a gaming entrepreneur and Creator Scout at Andreessen Horowitz's a16z Games division, operating at the intersection of creator culture and venture capital. Best known as co-founder and COO/CEO of One True King (OTK) - the Austin-based creator collective he helped launch in October 2020 alongside Asmongold, Mizkif, Esfand, and Rich Campbell - he has quietly built one of gaming's most ambitious creator-led business empires. Beyond OTK, he co-founded Starforge Systems (a PC hardware company), Mythic Talent (a talent management agency), and Mad Mushroom (a creator-led game publishing label). In October 2023, a16z tapped him as a Games Creator Scout, formalizing his role as a bridge between gaming culture and the startup investment world.
Wylie Aronow, better known online as Gordon Goner, is the co-founder of Yuga Labs and the creative force behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, the NFT collection that became a $4 billion cultural phenomenon. A former MFA dropout who spent most of his twenties bedridden with chronic colitis, he co-created BAYC in 2021 with three friends after asking 'What the fuck is an NFT?' - and within months built one of the most influential brands in crypto history. After stepping back from Yuga Labs in early 2023 following a congestive heart failure diagnosis, he remains a board member and strategic advisor while focusing on recovery.