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Pivan Interactive
Techstars '19Boulder, US · Founded 2018 · Delaware corporation · 1 known investors
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Boulder-based Pivan Interactive, d.b.a. Uncanny, builds real-time AI that automates live-stream production for streamers.
Also known as Pivan Interactive, Inc. · Uncanny
Founders & leadership
Investors · 1
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$100K disclosed across 1 round · 2018
▶$100KraisedAug 2018 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Constantine TsangExecutive Officer, Director
- David SturgeonExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $1.2M
- Amount sold
- $100K
- Minimum investment
- $50K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $180K
- First sale
- Jul 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Sep 2026Pivan Interactive, Inc., doing business as Uncanny, is a Boulder, Colorado software company that applies computer vision and artificial intelligence to live gaming video. Its earlier positioning described advanced training and analytics for amateur and competitive gaming athletes, powered by computer vision and AI, characterized in accelerator coverage as "gym equipment" for esports.
The company subsequently focused on real-time production AI for livestreaming, marketed as a "production team in a box." The system watches live streams and automatically generates broadcast-style productions, with the stated goal of raising individual streamers to the presentation standards of professional broadcasters and improving viewer retention. Uncanny also positions itself as helping streamers retain more of what they earn. As of its 2023 crowdfunding offering, the company described itself as pre-revenue.
Founding story
The company was co-founded by David Sturgeon, who serves as Founder and CEO, and Constantine Tsang, Co-Founder and CTO, both based in Boulder, Colorado.
Business model
The company provides automated live-stream production software to streamers and states that it also helps streamers monetize their channels by giving them more of what they earn; as of the 2023 offering it was pre-revenue.
Not established at the time of the 2023 offering, when the company described itself as being in the pre-revenue stage of development.
Traction
A community of 24,500 streamers was cited in the company's 2023 StartEngine offering, at which point the company was pre-revenue.
Latest developments
A Regulation Crowdfunding offering for Uncanny on StartEngine, priced at $2.27 per share against a stated $13.01 million valuation with a funding goal range of $15,000 to $1.23 million, reached its deadline on April 30, 2023 and is listed as closed.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Positioned as providing core infrastructure that turns live streamers into professional-style broadcasters; participated in the Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator, powered by Techstars.
Technology
Computer vision and AI models that analyze live streams in real time to produce automated broadcast-quality productions, described as the first real-time production AI for livestreaming; earlier applications covered training and analytics for competitive gamers.
Go-to-market
Direct adoption by individual streamers building a community of users, supplemented by accelerator participation and a retail crowdfunding campaign open to accredited and non-accredited investors.
Live streamers and gaming content creators, including amateur and competitive gaming athletes.
Geography
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States, with an onsite workplace model; the streamer community it serves is described as global.
History
Pivan Interactive operated from Boulder, Colorado, with its CTO presenting at Boulder Startup Week in May 2019. The company took part in the second Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator, powered by Techstars, debuting alongside other founders at the program's demo event. It later adopted the Uncanny brand for AI-powered live-stream production and ran a Regulation Crowdfunding offering on StartEngine that closed on April 30, 2023.
Risks & controversies
The company was in the pre-revenue stage of development at the time of its 2023 crowdfunding offering, which the platform characterized as speculative, illiquid and carrying a high degree of risk including possible loss of the entire investment.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsPivan Interactive, Inc. (d.b.a. Uncanny) ran a Reg CF offering through StartEngine Capital, LLC with a funding goal range of $15,000 to $1,234,998.04, priced at $2.27 per share and a stated valuation of $13.01 million. The offering deadline was April 30, 2023 and it is listed as closed.
Uncanny is listed in the Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs portfolio; associated program content references the startup among founders debuting companies following the accelerator and among startups selected for the second LIFT Labs Accelerator cohort.
Constantine Tsang, Co-Founder and CTO of Pivan Interactive Inc, was listed as a participant at Boulder Startup Week beginning May 13, 2019.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- Pivan Interactive Colorado Office: Careers, Perks + Culture | Built In Coloradobuiltincolorado.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Pivan Interactive do?
- Boulder-based Pivan Interactive, d.b.a. Uncanny, builds real-time AI that automates live-stream production for streamers.
- Who are Pivan Interactive's investors?
- Pivan Interactive's investors include Techstars.
- How much funding has Pivan Interactive raised?
- Pivan Interactive has disclosed $100K raised across 1 round.
- Where is Pivan Interactive headquartered?
- Pivan Interactive is headquartered in Boulder, US.