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Little Umbrella’s next Jackbox-style game pits you and your friends against an AI game show host

Web-based party games are making a comeback, now with the infusion of generative AI. Among the startups joining the trend, the current forecast looks good Little Umbrella, which leverages AI for its social party games, raised $2 million in seed funding.

Recognizing the opportunity to create social experiences on platforms like Discord, where friends already interact, Ahmed noted that cross-platform development poses significant challenges for studios, leading to a gap between demand and content availability. “At Little Umbrella, we’ve embraced this challenge by creating platform-agnostic social games that are built and maintained at a fraction of the cost using AI, designed specifically for where players gather with their friends, bridging the gaps in both demand and scalability,” Ahmed told TechCrunch. The team also includes Timothy Johnson (CTO), who previously worked at Gallium Studios building AI-simulated worlds, and Sean Webster (CBO), former AppLovin vice president and head of partnerships at Snap.

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