Gameday
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Gameday was a San Francisco startup founded in 2017 in Y Combinator's Summer 2017 batch that made daily fantasy sports accessible to casual players by building it into Facebook Messenger. A chat bot walked users through entering games and creating simple lineups, free to play, with in-app currency prizes like apparel and gift cards. The company raised a $120,000 seed round in August 2017.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founding
Gameday was founded and joined Y Combinator's Summer 2017 batch, raising a $120,000 seed round on August 21, 2017.
- Launch
The company launched its Facebook Messenger fantasy-sports bot in August 2017.
- Closure
The company went inactive; Y Combinator marks its status as Inactive and playgameday.com is no longer operational.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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