YouTube founder Chad Hurley is readying his next act, after selling the video platform to Google for $1.65 billion in 2006.
Hurley, who co-founded YouTube with fellow then-PayPal employees Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, is building a new fan-centered mobile game startup for sports lovers dubbed GreenPark Sports. Techcrunch reports that the startup will launch in beta this spring, and will seek to serve as a reimagining of the fantasy sports space -- a way for fans to play along with live sports (both traditional sports and esports) and cheer for their favorite athletes.
“There is an absence of compelling, inclusive ways for large masses of sports fans to compete together,” Hurley told Techcrunch. “The idea of a ‘sports fan’ has evolved -- it is now more a social behavior than ever before. We’re looking at a much bigger, inclusive way for all fans of sports and esports teams to play.
Hurley, who co-founded YouTube with fellow then-PayPal employees Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, is building a new fan-centered mobile game startup for sports lovers dubbed GreenPark Sports. Techcrunch reports that the startup will launch in beta this spring, and will seek to serve as a reimagining of the fantasy sports space -- a way for fans to play along with live sports (both traditional sports and esports) and cheer for their favorite athletes.
“There is an absence of compelling, inclusive ways for large masses of sports fans to compete together,” Hurley told Techcrunch. “The idea of a ‘sports fan’ has evolved -- it is now more a social behavior than ever before. We’re looking at a much bigger, inclusive way for all fans of sports and esports teams to play.
- 10/22/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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