Daniel Evans

CEO, Optikka · 1 appearance on the record.

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Daniel Evans was the CEO of Reely.ai, an AI computer vision platform for automated sports and esports highlights acquired by VideoVerse in 2023. Following the acquisition, he became the CEO of Optikka, a design-as-code creative orchestration platform for sports broadcasters.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 6 not checkable as stated how the 8 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 7 assertions · 1 opinion · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 8 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 6 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Daniel argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Evans: Reely.ai partnered with European esports platform ChallengerMode

“We just signed a deal with a company called Challenger Mode, which is a major platform out of Europe that has two and a half million users and runs about 15,000 tournaments per month.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 10:30 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Daniel Evans on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

What they said11 Episodes1

Everything Daniel Evans said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion

Reely.ai avoids NFTs because parts of the space seem 'scammy'

“We've kind of taken a hands-off stance right now because I'm not really sure where this is going to land long-term. Some of it's kind of scammy, right?”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 14:16 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Evans estimates competitor WSC Sports is valued around $200 million

“Their valuation, I think is somewhere in the two hundred million dollar range.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 4:55 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Reely.ai charges universities $40 to $50 per game for coverage

“Well, no, like George Mason will buy about 300 games, right? Cause we'll cover baseball, football, basketball. We cover all of the major sports. So they'll, they'll do that and they'll pay somewhere between, you know, 40, 50 bucks a game.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 1:57 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Reely.ai's largest customers process up to 2,200 games on the platform

“No, we have some that'll run 2200 games and those are like private websites and people that are trying to post up you know, more social engagement websites whether it's a sports site or if it's a news site that wants sports content.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 2:26 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Evans: Reely.ai generates branded sports clips in three seconds

“Our system will pump it out in about three seconds and then it'll, it'll add any branding.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 3:59 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Disclosure

Reely.ai is raising a new round at a $12M to $13M valuation

“We've raised 1.8 to date and we're in the middle of raising a round right now that'll, that'll value the company around 12 to thirteen million.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 5:23 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Evans: Reely.ai has lost only two customers in two years

“I think we've lost two customers in the last two years that I've been with, so we don't see it because once it becomes part of their program, it's really hard to remove.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 7:27 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Evans: Reely.ai projects $3.1 million in revenue for 2022

“I think we projected 3.1 million for twenty-twenty-two.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 10:08 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Assertion Supported

Evans: Reely.ai partnered with European esports platform ChallengerMode

“We just signed a deal with a company called Challenger Mode, which is a major platform out of Europe that has two and a half million users and runs about 15,000 tournaments per month.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 10:30 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Disclosure

Evans takes zero salary as CEO and explicitly aims for an acquisition

“So I don't take a salary. I'm here to exit the company and do a good job with it and sell it.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 13:27 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Reely.ai co-founders still own roughly 40 percent of the business

“I think there's still like 40%.”

Daniel Evans Dec 10, 2021 ▶ 13:09 COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
COVID took them to $0, Now $1.3m in Revenue For Instant Sports Clips	Dec 10, 2021	7m

Daniel Evans

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