Volley is hiring! 🚀 We just raised a $55M Series C and our mighty team based in San Francisco needs to grow to bring even more high-quality voice game experiences to TVs, Alexa devices, and beyond. Check out our job postings as we continue to open multiple roles in our Product, Engineering, Data, Growth, and Operations teams to propel us forward. Our goal at Volley is to have fun making entertainment—if this resonates with you, please join us! https://lnkd.in/eGYMd2pi
Volley
Entertainment Providers
San Francisco, California 3,157 followers
The leading creator of voice AI games
About us
Volley is the leading creator of voice AI games for smart speakers, connected TVs and mobile platforms. Using conversational AI, Volley reinvented the traditional game night, making games that can be played using only your voice. Some of our top products include: Song Quiz, Jeopardy!, Question of the Day, The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune.
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http://volleygames.com
External link for Volley
- Industry
- Entertainment Providers
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
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Primary
292 Ivy St
San Francisco, California 94102, US
Employees at Volley
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Volley is thrilled to announce our $55M Series C funding round, co-led by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund and Lightspeed, with participation from Causeway, Amazon Alexa Fund, BITKRAFT Ventures, Y Combinator and others. With this latest round of funding, we can accelerate our development of new voice-controlled, AI-powered games. Behind the scenes, we use speech recognition, natural language processing, large language models, and speech synthesis to create seamless, simple, joyful entertainment. The technology melts away so that players can bond with friends and family. Read more about our recent fundraise here: https://lnkd.in/eBC2fEdP
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Partner at Lightspeed ⚡ | YGL & Davos Delegate at World Economic Forum 🌍 | xGoldman xStanford xHarvard 🎓 | 30U30, 40U40 🎯 | Former #1 Diablo II Player 🕹️ | World Marathon Challenge Finisher 🎽 | First-Gen College 🎒
🎤 Honey, wake up! Volley just raised a $55M Series C, co-led by M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund and Lightspeed! General Catalyst, Causeway, Amazon, BITKRAFT Ventures, Y Combinator, and others joined the round. 📈 To our knowledge, Volley has built not only the undisputed market leader in AI voice games—but also the highest-grossing AI-powered games company! Their games have now been played in over 30 million homes. 🤖 Countering what seems to be the ‘2024 narrative of generative AI’ for startups to pick either AI or revenue, Volley shows you can have both—one of the many reasons for this latest oversubscribed raise. 🎮 Your voice is the game controller! Volley's games are built on a proprietary stack integrating four rapidly evolving AI technologies: speech recognition, natural language processing, LLM-powered content generation, and speech synthesis. 🏄🏼♀️ Founded in 2018, the team was certainly ahead of the AI wave. Recent GPT-4o and Gemini announcements introduce exciting new avenues for Volley's voice-based game experiences. 🎳 Popular Volley games include Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, 20 Questions, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire—available on smart speakers (e.g., Amazon Alexa), smart TVs (e.g., Fire and Roku), and mobile devices. 📢 Exclusive feature of the raise in The Information this morning, with some inside scoop on revenue traction: https://lnkd.in/gexysT_n 🌉 The Volley office is located in the heart of the beautiful Hayes Valley neighborhood in San Francisco. We're calling engineers, product builders, and beyond to take a look at job postings at https://lnkd.in/gKei6a2d. 🫱🏽🫲🏽 At Lightspeed, we're excited to triple down after leading the Series A in 2020 and co-leading the Series B in 2022. I'm honored to support co-founders Max Child and James Wilsterman as a board member. ✒️ We wrote about the investment in detail in our blog: https://lnkd.in/gSfF9vSg 📰 Selected Coverage: Axios: https://lnkd.in/gWqZxt2B Axios Pro Rata: https://lnkd.in/gmhv-hMs Ben's Bites: https://lnkd.in/grTyW2Tu Game Developer: https://lnkd.in/gBFY9_yt Game File: https://lnkd.in/gecR4jrA GamesBeat: https://lnkd.in/g57manBM Gamesindustry: https://lnkd.in/gsSnChMp Lightspeed: https://lnkd.in/gSfF9vSg Lore: https://lnkd.in/gF3Mpc9D Microsoft: https://lnkd.in/gCevkauc Naavik: https://lnkd.in/gNvkxx5f Naavik Podcast: https://lnkd.in/gAn_4Nzr The Information: https://lnkd.in/gexysT_n The Neuron: https://lnkd.in/gNf65aV4 VentureBeat: https://lnkd.in/g5Dy3ceB Volley: https://lnkd.in/gTkVKDsd cc: Jeremy Liew, Nicole Quinn, Michael Mignano, Alex Taussig, Faraz Fatemi #gaming #generativeai #voiceai #venturefunding #venturecapital #stanfordgsb
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Congratulations to the Newcomer and Volley teams on a successful Cerebral Valley AI Summit, this time in its inaugural New York debut! 🗽 Sapphire kicked off the Summit with a Steering Committee dinner, co-hosted with the conference organizers and Latham & Watkins, bringing together founders shaping the future of AI applications and infrastructure, investors backing this innovation, and reporters covering the industry. ✨ The room was buzzing with thoughtful conversation from founders, CEOs, and AI execs from companies like Corti, Crate, Crusoe, Databricks, Etched, Fivetran, Forethought, Lepton AI, Nomic AI, OctoAI, Ramp, Recraft, and more. Thank you to Eric Newcomer and his team for partnering with us! 💡The summit’s key takeaway was loud and clear: Now is the time to build AI applications. Don’t wait for foundation models to get smarter—start now. For a full Summit recap, check out the Download from CVNY by Eric Newcomer, Madeline Renbarger and Charlotte Ehrlich, and make sure you subscribe for updates about the next Cerebral Valley 👇 ⏪https://lnkd.in/gDnQ9Utd 📥 https://www.newcomer.co/ Cc: Nino Marakovic, Rajeev Dham, Cathy Gao, Casber Wang, & Tori (Thompson) Robertson #VentureCapital #CerebralValley #AI
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It’s time to build artificial intelligence applications. Don’t wait for foundation models to get smarter. Get going. That was one of the consensus messages that emerged from speakers on stage at Cerebral Valley New York Thursday. We hosted around 200 leaders in artificial intelligence yesterday for the third Cerebral Valley AI Summit, alongside our founding partners at Volley. Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, Goldman Sachs CIO Marco Argenti, Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel, and Ramp CEO Eric Glyman were speakers. Read our latest Newcomer newsletter to learn more about how AI leaders are approaching this moment: https://lnkd.in/eJ99-7a2
The Download from Cerebral Valley New York: Big Models Lose Their Iron Grip as the Zeitgeist Shifts to Applications
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Please join us in welcoming Volley's new Director of Engineering, Rod Begbie! What inspired you to start a career in your line of work? I was given my first computer (a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k) in 1983, and it’s all followed on from there. I was lucky — As a scruffy, spectacles-wearing, nerdy boy, I fit the most stereotypical image of a programmer, so society gave me the privilege to always feel comfortable pursuing it. Now I try to invest time and energy in encouraging folks who don’t match the stereotype to explore and take on this exciting, collaborative and impactful career path. What are you looking forward to most about working at Volley? Bringing fun games to smart TV platforms. Millions of households have a smart TV but no games console. Giving them the opportunity to feel like a real gameshow contestant, shouting “What is The Olympic Games?” or “I’d like to solve the puzzle” as they play Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune is terrifically rewarding. And building these games is no easy matter — so solving the hard technology problems to make them fun and accessible will be a challenge I’m excited to take on. As the old saying goes, it takes a lot of effort to make things look effortless!
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At Volley, we believe in the importance of rest and rejuvenation. That’s why we offer 4 paid weeks of vacation annually to all our employees. But here’s the kicker – we strongly encourage everyone to take at least 2 of those weeks off! By encouraging time away from work, we support a healthier, happier, and more productive team. It’s not just about working hard – it’s about balancing dedication with relaxation. Ready to join a company that values your well-being as much as your work? Volley is Hiring! Click here to apply: https://lnkd.in/eH6MgyMn
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Whether you’re a seasoned trivia master or just looking for a good time, Volley's Jeopardy! on Roku is the perfect addition to any get-together. Plus, with our shiny new multiplayer feature it’s fun for everyone! Head over to the Volley app on your Roku for endless entertainment at the touch of a button.
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Volley is hiring! We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager in the Bay Area. Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of gaming technology. If you or anybody you know is a good fit, click here to apply: https://lnkd.in/eBu6Zabr
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Excited to be hiring for my small but mighty Growth team here at Volley! This role is a really cool one; you will get to write a completely new playbook in gaming user acquisition as we take our games to new platforms and millions of new players. Big budgets and massive ownership and professional growth potential in this role and team. Please share and reach out if you are interested in joining us! #hiring #growth #marketing #gaming