Interview with PLLAY co-founder and CEO, Shawn Gunn - The Tech Jawn 19

The Tech Jawn

Robb Dunewood

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4.8 • 32 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

We kick this episode of The Tech Jawn off with a tech story or two, but, we’ve got a special guest interview for you this week.

We chop it up with Shawn Gunn, co-founder and CEO PLLAY, an Artificial Intelligence-driven wagering and data analytics platform for video gamers.

Shawn has also played a key role in helping multiple companies successfully exit, having raised over $50 million in venture funding and creating over $1 billion in exit value for investors.

We cover everything from what it’s like starting a tech company with black and female founders to how venture capital is not always the route startups should look to when getting off the ground.

Shawn gives an overview PLLAY and how his company is changing the game wagering in e-sports, and he leaves us with his view of where the metaverse is headed.

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0:33.1	We kick this episode of the Tech John off for the tech story or two, but we've got a special guest
0:37.2	interview for you this week.
0:38.8	We chop it up with Sean Gunn, co-founder and CEO of Play, an artificial intelligence-driven
0:43.5	wagering and data analytics platform for video gamers.
0:46.8	Sean has also played a key role in helping multiple companies successfully exit, having
0:50.4	raised over our 50 million of venture funding and creating over $1 billion in X value for investors.
0:55.4	We cover everything from what it's like starting a tech company with black and female founders
0:59.1	to how venture capital is not always the route startup should look to when getting off the ground.
1:04.4	John gives us an overview of play and how his company is changing the game with wagering in e-sports
1:09.3	and leaves us with a view of where
1:11.3	he believes the metaverse is headed.
1:13.7	We've got all this and more in episode 19 of the tech John.
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