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Building a $200M Bootstrapped Chess Empire with Chess.com CEO Erik Allebest
aired Aug 13, 2026 · 46.0m
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Summary
COVID happened, Queen's Gambit happened, some news cycles happened, and we're like, oh, this might just be a flash in the pan like treadmills and sourdough bread.
Why listen
It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, know, chess, including: But then in 2023, we had another crazy wave where all these kids started playing in schools because of short form content and the mittens bot and the cheating scandal.
Key takeaways
- 01We talk about what AI means for games, the future of chess.com, how to build a rating system for poker, and the future of human skills
- 02They were building chess software, but they couldn't pay their debts and the money
- 03And we were going to build a chess community
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