Joa
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Find your way into Joa
230 people in our graph share verified history with the Joa team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Deji Sasegbonunlockedknows Andrew McAlister · together at Imperial College London (overlapped)
×7knows the team · via Imperial College London
knows the team · via University of Hull
×2knows the team · via Mythical
knows the team · via Free Code Camp
JOA operates an "Agentic Engagement Engine" that uses AI to interpret fan culture and generate real-time interactive experiences for sports fans. It works with rights holders such as ONE Championship to build fan engagement products around combat sports.
Founders & leadership
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RudyinCo-Founder & CEOPreviously, he was co-founder of Mythical Games and spent over 15 years in game development, contributing to titles including multiple Call of Duty games and World of Warcraft expansions, and holds 30+ U.S. patents related to games and digital ownership.
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Andy HubbardinCo-Founder & CTOHe spent over 20 years in game development, including roles as Lead Physics Programmer at Criterion Games on the Burnout franchise, game director at BlackRock, and founder of Shortround Games, which he led for 12 years before its acquisition by Mythical Games, where he served as studio and game director on NFL Rivals.
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Andrew McAlisterinCo-Founder & CPOHe has over a decade of product leadership experience in free-to-play games, including work on live operations, monetization, and data-driven strategy across multiple genres, and has built and managed teams across the UK and China.
Investors · 1
Frequently asked questions
- What does Joa do?
- JOA operates an "Agentic Engagement Engine" that uses AI to interpret fan culture and generate real-time interactive experiences for sports fans. It works with rights holders such as ONE Championship to build fan engagement products around combat sports.
- Who founded Joa?
- Joa was founded by Rudy, Andy Hubbard, Andrew McAlister.
- Who are Joa's investors?
- Joa's investors include Phoenix Capital Ventures.