What Fastbreak AI does

Fastbreak AI, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an AI-driven sports operations software company that provides scheduling, ticketing, and event-management solutions to professional, amateur, and recreational sports organizations. The company serves 65+ professional sports leagues globally, including the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA2K League, NHL, AHL, MLB, MLS, AFL, NRL, and Lega Serie A, alongside emerging customers in youth, amateur, and adult recreational sports such as the WNFC, Lightning Basketball, P32Sports, MASL, and USTA League. Its core capability is AI-powered optimization that simultaneously balances multiple competing constraints in sports scheduling, including broadcast priorities, travel demands, venue availability, rest periods, blackout windows, and competitive balance rules.

The platform is delivered through a multi-product suite: Fastbreak Pro Schedule (AI scheduling for professional leagues), Fastbreak Compete (tournament and league management for the amateur and youth market), Fastbreak Ticketing (mobile-first cashless ticketing with offline scanning, SMS delivery, and Stripe payment processing), Fastbreak Connect (a rebranded SEQL youth-sports impact unit), and Snap Entry (a mobile scanning and gate-sales app). Underlying technology is the company's proprietary AI optimization engine, augmented by the September 2024 acquisition of Optimal Planning Solutions. The platform combines scheduling with travel automation, sponsorship management, athlete registration, and event analytics within a single system, supplemented by integrations with Stripe, Tourney Machine, and Exposure.

Fastbreak AI operates a primarily subscription-based SaaS revenue model with annual or multi-year contracts to professional leagues and tournament operators, supplemented by transaction fees on Stripe-processed ticketing. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales to league commissioners with field-led sales targeting tournament operators and recreational associations. Four acquisitions completed between September 2024 and February 2025 (Optimal Planning Solutions, Tourney Pro, SEQL, and Barcelogic) extended platform breadth and customer base. As of November 2025, the company has raised $45.2 million in disclosed funding — a $5.2 million seed round (January 2024) and a $40 million Series A co-led by Greycroft and GTMfund with participation from the NBA, NHL, TMRW Sports, and professional athletes — with Series A proceeds earmarked for expansion into the $55 billion youth and amateur sports market.

Name

Fastbreak AI

Legal name

Fastbreak AI

Website

https://fastbreak.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fastbreak AI is an AI-driven sports operations software company, founded in 2022 in Charlotte, that provides AI scheduling, ticketing, registration, and event management for 65+ professional sports leagues and growing youth and amateur sports markets worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional League SaaS Subscriptions: Fastbreak AI generates revenue by providing AI-driven scheduling software as a subscription to professional sports leagues including NBA, NHL, MLB, and international leagues. The platform is sold as a SaaS solution with annual or multi-year contracts based on league size and complexity.
2. Youth/Amateur Sports Platform Subscriptions: Revenue from tournament operators and youth sports organizations using the Fastbreak Compete platform for scheduling, registration, and event management. Pricing is based on event size and features required.
3. Ticketing Transaction Fees: Fastbreak AI charges transaction fees for mobile ticketing services through its platform. The platform supports online sales, gate sales with Tap to Pay, and offline sales, with Stripe processing payments and fees deducted.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fastbreak AI provides AI-driven sports operations software centered on a proprietary scheduling optimization engine. Its flagship offering, Fastbreak Pro Schedule, generates optimized fixture schedules for professional sports leagues while balancing hundreds of constraints (broadcast, travel, venue, rest, competitive balance). The company also sells Fastbreak Compete (tournament and league management for amateur sports), Fastbreak Ticketing (mobile-first cashless ticketing), and Fastbreak Connect (youth sports impact), serving 65+ professional leagues and a growing base of youth and amateur operators.

Product overview

Fastbreak AI is an AI-driven sports operations software company offering a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offerings include Fastbreak Compete (tournament and league management), Fastbreak Ticketing (mobile-first event ticketing), and Fastbreak Pro Schedule (AI-powered professional scheduling for leagues). The company also operates Fastbreak Connect (youth sports impact platform acquired from SEQL). The platform serves over 65 professional sports leagues globally including NBA, NHL, MLB, NRL, Lega Serie A, and MLS, and has expanded into youth and amateur sports markets. Fastbreak AI was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fastbreak Ticketing: Mobile-first ticketing solution for sports tournaments and events with offline scanning, SMS delivery, and Stripe payment integration.
• Fastbreak Compete
• Fastbreak Pro Schedule
• Fastbreak Connect
• Snap Entry

Products and services

• Fastbreak Pro Schedule AI-powered professional scheduling platform used by 65+ professional sports leagues that generates optimized matchup schedules by simultaneously balancing hundreds of constraints, including club sporting needs, broadcast requirements, venue availability, blackout windows, rest periods and competitive balance. Customers include the NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, AFL, NRL and Lega Serie A.
• Fastbreak Compete All-in-one tournament and league management platform for youth and amateur sports organizers, supporting event creation, team registration, AI-driven scheduling, venue and court management, bracket creation, payment collection, sponsorship and operational reporting across multiple facilities.
• Fastbreak Ticketing Mobile-first cashless ticketing solution that lets sports organizers sell tickets online, at the gate via Tap to Pay or Stripe M2 hardware readers, and offline without connectivity, with SMS ticket delivery, QR code scanning, attendee lookup, revenue reporting and Stripe-native payment processing.
• Snap Entry Mobile app used by gate staff to scan tickets and sell tickets on-site at events using Tap to Pay functionality, supporting online and offline entry workflows for Fastbreak Ticketing customers.
• Fastbreak Connect Youth sports impact platform (rebranded from SEQL) that connects brands with underrepresented youth athletes and delivers programs and resources through city-level Fastbreak Connect initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Scheduling optimization for over 65 professional sports leagues globally
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Lega Serie AcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026Multi-year partnership to implement Fastbreak Pro Schedule platform for managing Italian football league's season fixtures. Platform balances club sporting needs, broadcaster requirements, venue availability, and rest periods.
• P32Sports InccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Strategic partnership making Fastbreak AI its Official Digital Registration and Ticketing Partner beginning with 2026 season, powering digital registration, AI scheduling, and fan ticketing across four divisions.
• Women's National Football Conference (WNFC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2025WNFC is the first league to utilize Fastbreak's full suite of operations technology including travel automation, ticketing, sponsorship management, athlete registration, and event analytics for 2026 season.
• Lightning BasketballcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2025One of the largest AAU basketball programs in the US adopted Fastbreak AI's full amateur sports management platform to power operations across 300+ teams.
• Tourney ProcoreTechnology or Integration · 23 September 2024Acquisition of Tourney Pro, a youth sports tournament management platform, expanding Fastbreak's client base to include about 35 youth sports tournament operators.
• AHLcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2024AHL Selects Fastbreak.ai's Scheduling Platform as its official scheduling solution.
• Optimal Planning SolutionscoreTechnology or Integration · 10 September 2024Acquisition of Optimal Planning Solutions, a leader in optimization-based scheduling for the sports industry, to strengthen Fastbreak AI's platform capabilities.
• NBAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 January 2024Long-term partnership integrating Fastbreak AI's scheduling SaaS into NBA, WNBA, G League, and NBA2K League scheduling processes. Part of NBA Equity's strategic investment in Fastbreak.ai.
• NHLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAI-based sports scheduling optimization tools deployed for NHL scheduling operations.
• MLScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAI-based sports scheduling optimization tools deployed for MLS scheduling operations.
• AFLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScheduling solutions provided to AFL professional league.
• NRLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScheduling technology supports NRL professional sports league.
• Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMASL 2025-26 season schedule powered by Fastbreak AI featuring 96 games from November 2025 to March 2026.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• SportsEngine: SportsEngine (an NBC Sports Next company) is a broad incumbent in sports league, team, and tournament management software. It competes with Fastbreak AI in youth and amateur sports registration, scheduling, and website/communication tools, and represents the dominant incumbent Fastbreak must displace in the youth market.
• Genius Sports: Genius Sports is a sports data and technology company serving professional leagues with official data, streaming, and integrity services. It is comparable to Fastbreak AI in serving the same professional league customer base, though its focus is data and officiating rather than scheduling optimization.
• Hudl: Hudl provides video analysis and performance tools widely used by professional and elite sports teams. While its product focus is video and performance data rather than scheduling, it serves the same professional team/club buyer persona that Fastbreak targets.
• Catapult Sports: Catapult Sports provides athlete tracking and performance analytics for professional teams. Like Hudl, it serves the same professional sports buyer but with a different product focus; relevant as a comparable sports-tech SaaS peer in the professional segment.
• Stack Sports: Stack Sports offers a suite of sports management software covering registration, scheduling, websites, and communication for youth and amateur organizations. It is a broad incumbent comparable to SportsEngine and a direct competitor to Fastbreak Compete.

Direct peers

• TeamSnap: TeamSnap is a leading team and league management platform serving youth, recreational, and amateur sports organizations. It overlaps directly with Fastbreak Compete on registration, scheduling, and communication, and is one of the most comparable SMB-focused competitors.
• LeagueApps: LeagueApps provides league and tournament management software for youth and adult sports organizers. It is a direct competitor in the same scheduling, registration, and operations workflows that Fastbreak Compete targets.
• Tourney Machine: Tourney Machine is a tournament management platform for youth sports, including schedule and bracket management. Fastbreak already has a data export integration with Tourney Machine, indicating direct overlap and interoperability in the youth tournament space.

Others

• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a ticketing and event management platform. While not sports-specific, it overlaps with Fastbreak Ticketing as a general-purpose event ticketing solution that sports organizers might use as an alternative.
• JMI Sports: JMI Sports is a sports marketing and multimedia rights company that works extensively with college and professional sports properties. It is comparable to Fastbreak AI as a vendor in the professional sports technology/services ecosystem serving league and team clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors10 records

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M&A4 records

Investments

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