Game Theory, a new video podcast from Lightspeed and Goldman Sachs, in partnership with McKinsey, takes a look behind the curtain of the industry-defining gaming & interactive technology companies—and explores how play is changing everything.
Featuring insights and untold stories from Founders, CEOs & Presidents—including David Baszucki (Roblox), Sarah Bond (Microsoft Xbox), Strauss Zelnick (Take-Two Interactive), Matt Bromberg (Unity), and more—the series dives into how play has shaped consumer behavior and technological innovation for decades. In a candid format, each episode explores a different dimension of play, and how it has influenced the guest's personal and professional lives.
Game Theory is co-hosted by Moritz Baier-Lentz, Partner at Lightspeed, and Hemal Thaker, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.
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Game Theory, a new video podcast from Lightspeed and Goldman Sachs, in partnership with McKinsey, takes a look behind the curtain of the industry-defining gaming & interactive technology companies—and explores how play is changing everything.
Featuring insights and untold stories from Founders, CEOs & Presidents—including David Baszucki (Roblox), Sarah Bond (Microsoft Xbox), Strauss Zelnick (Take-Two Interactive), Matt Bromberg (Unity), and more—the series dives into how play has shaped consumer behavior and technological innovation for decades. In a candid format, each episode explores a different dimension of play, and how it has influenced the guest's personal and professional lives.
Game Theory is co-hosted by Moritz Baier-Lentz, Partner at Lightspeed, and Hemal Thaker, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.
Roblox: Play & the AI Revolution (David Baszucki, Moritz Baier-Lentz, Hemal Thaker)
Game Theory
41 minutes
5 months ago
Roblox: Play & the AI Revolution (David Baszucki, Moritz Baier-Lentz, Hemal Thaker)
Video games have seen and even catalyzed innumerable technological advances in the past decades, from decision trees, GPUs, and distributed multiplayer experiences to mobile screens and extended reality, cross-platform play, digital distribution, live services, user-generated content, and—most recently—artificial intelligence. But what if we were still only in the “Stone Age of gaming,” especially when coupled with new generative media capabilities?
In this inaugural episode, co-hosts Moritz Baier-Lentz and Hemal Thaker sit down with David Baszucki, the Co-Founder and CEO of Roblox, the pioneer of player-created interactive experiences—also known as user-generated content (UGC). David talks about how the vision for the platform originated from an educational physics simulation engine, and Roblox’s evolution from a niche platform to a leading innovative ecosystem in the gaming and creation world. The three also discuss the role of UGC on the platform, how safety and civility factor into game design, and where David is placing his bets on AI.
Game Theory
Game Theory, a new video podcast from Lightspeed and Goldman Sachs, in partnership with McKinsey, takes a look behind the curtain of the industry-defining gaming & interactive technology companies—and explores how play is changing everything.
Featuring insights and untold stories from Founders, CEOs & Presidents—including David Baszucki (Roblox), Sarah Bond (Microsoft Xbox), Strauss Zelnick (Take-Two Interactive), Matt Bromberg (Unity), and more—the series dives into how play has shaped consumer behavior and technological innovation for decades. In a candid format, each episode explores a different dimension of play, and how it has influenced the guest's personal and professional lives.
Game Theory is co-hosted by Moritz Baier-Lentz, Partner at Lightspeed, and Hemal Thaker, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs.