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Jani Penttinen is CEO and co-founder of Bitmagic, a company developing generative AI technology for the games industry. He has worked in the games industry for over 30 years, releasing his first game as a child, and has since programmed and designed games and game engines and served as CEO of game studios across three continents.
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Experience
- BitmagicCEO and Co-foundercurrent2023 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- BitmagicCTO and Co-foundercurrent2022 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Utopos GamesFounder, CEO, Programmercurrent2019 — presentLas Vegas, Nevada Area
- byFoundersEntrepreneur In Residence2018 — 2019
- TransfluentBoard member, founder2018 — 2019
- TransfluentCEO, founder2011 — 2018Sunnyvale, California
- XIHA LtdCEO2009 — 2011
- XIHA LtdCEO, Co-founder2009 — 2010
- XIHA LtdCEO, Co-founder2008 — 2010
- XIHA LtdCTO, Co-founder2007 — 2010
- PremiumFanPageFounder, CEO2011
- Jollygood GamesOwner2003 — 2010
- XIHA SoftwareExecutive Director2005 — 2008
- UMOCOCTO, Co-founder2004 — 2006
- Westwood StudiosLead 3D Engineer2000 — 2003
- HousemarqueLead Programmer1997 — 2000
- RemedyLead Programmer1995 — 1997
- BloodhouseProgrammer1993 — 1994
Skills & more
C++Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningExecutive ManagementProject Management21Entrepreneurship74Start-ups90Software Deployment9Optimizations63D graphics2Game Development15Software Development6
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OpenGL ESSocial GamesMobile GamesVideo GamesMobile DevicesTranslationCrowdsourcingMMOCasual GamesUnity3DLanguages Chinese · Finnish · Swedish
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- Who is Jani Penttinen?
- Jani Penttinen is CEO and co-founder of Bitmagic, a company developing generative AI technology for the games industry. He has worked in the games industry for over 30 years, releasing his first game as a child, and has since programmed and designed games and game engines and served as CEO of game studios across three continents.
- Where does Jani Penttinen work?
- Jani Penttinen is Founder of Transfluent.
- What companies did Jani Penttinen found?
- Jani Penttinen founded Transfluent.
- Where did Jani Penttinen go to school?
- Jani Penttinen studied at University of Helsinki.
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