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Blitz Esports is a tech and media startup focused on bridging the gap between esports fandom and personal gameplay. We're one of the premier media publications in esports, specializing in educational video content for League of Legends, CS:GO and Overwatch.

Blitz Esports is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2015 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Blitz breaks down the complex world of esports and offers new…. The founders listed are Jonathan Lin (Founder), Rick Ling (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, April 28, 2015).

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Blitz Esports

New accelerator entry · 2015-04-28 · the record

Summer 2015
batch
11
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchSummer 2015
Announced2015-04-28
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size11
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Content
SectorsMedia, eSports
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA; Berkeley, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://blitzesports.com
Previously known asInstant eSports

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Blitz Esports is a tech and media startup focused on bridging the gap between esports fandom and personal gameplay. We're one of the premier media publications in esports, specializing in educational video content for League of Legends, CS:GO and Overwatch. We've also developed the first fully automatic League of Legends coaching app, which uses computer vision and data-driven insights to proactively help gamers make better decisions at each step of their gameplay experience. A month into open beta, the Blitz app is now used in over a million games each week.

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