What Weekend.com does

Weekend.com (formerly Volley) is a voice-powered smart TV gaming platform that serves consumers seeking interactive, controller-free entertainment in the living room. The company develops and publishes voice-controlled games licensed from blue-chip entertainment IP holders — including Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune (Sony Pictures Television), Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader (MGM), and CoComelon (Moonbug Entertainment) — alongside original titles such as Wit's End, an AI-driven fantasy RPG with a real-time voice game master. Its products are distributed across the four major smart TV platforms (Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, and Google TV/Android TV), reaching households that prefer hands-free, shared-screen gameplay over mobile or console experiences.

The underlying technology stack combines speech-to-text for voice command interpretation, pitch-tracking for karaoke-style titles, and large-language-model-driven generative agents for narrative gameplay in Wit's End. The company's go-to-market is direct-to-consumer through smart TV app stores, with a subscription priced at $12.99 per month that unlocks the full game library. Customer segments skew toward three cohorts: trivia and game-show enthusiasts, parents of young children (driven by CoComelon), and adult social groups playing party-style and karaoke titles together.

The business model is recurring subscription revenue supplemented by potential in-game monetization. The company is venture-backed, having raised approximately $55 million in a July 2024 Series B, with prior funding supporting the acquisition of Matchbox.io (Question of the Day) and the buildout of cross-platform distribution. Weekend.com's strategic posture is to consolidate voice-interactive gaming on the TV screen through exclusive content licensing, AI-native game design, and broad platform reach.

Name

Weekend.com

Legal name

Weekend Entertainment, Inc.

Website

https://weekend.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Weekend.com is a voice-powered smart TV gaming platform that delivers licensed and original voice-controlled games (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, CoComelon, Wit's End) to consumers across the four major smart TV platforms via a $12.99/month subscription.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart TV Gaming

NAICS

Amusement Parks and Arcades (7131)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Game Subscription & Membership Services (BPAMAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Party Games, Activities & Interactive Entertainment (HSACACAJ), Game Streaming & Spectatorship Platforms (BPAMAKAI), Gaming Voice Chat & Party Voice Platforms (MPACAEAF)

Keywords

• Voice-powered gaming
• Smart TV games
• Family trivia games
• Voice recognition games
• TV entertainment apps

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Weekend generates revenue through a subscription model at $12.99/month, offering access to its full library of voice-powered games including Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Song Quiz, CoComelon: Sing & Play with JJ, Karaoke, 20 Questions, and Wit's End. A 7-day free trial is offered to new users.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Weekend.com is a voice-powered smart TV gaming platform that delivers controller-free, family-friendly games via native apps on Roku, Fire TV, Samsung TV, and LG TV. Players use their voice (via TV remote or smartphone) to play licensed game-show titles such as Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, alongside originals including Song Quiz, Karaoke, 20 Questions, Wit's End, and CoComelon: Sing & Play with JJ, all bundled under a single $12.99/month subscription with a 7-day free trial.

Product overview

Weekend.com is a voice-powered smart TV gaming platform that brings family-friendly games to the living room. The platform operates as a unified app running on smart TVs (Roku, Fire TV, Samsung, LG) where users play without controllers using only their voice. The core product portfolio includes licensed TV game shows (Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune), original voice games (Song Quiz, Karaoke, 20 Questions, Wit's End), and a kids-focused title (CoComelon: Sing & Play with JJ, developed with Moonbug Entertainment). All games are accessible through a single $12.99/month subscription with a 7-day free trial. The platform differentiates through voice recognition technology that transcribes and processes spoken answers in real-time, eliminating the need for remotes or controllers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jeopardy! Voice-powered Jeopardy! quiz game on the smart TV where players step behind the podium and answer by shouting. New clues are added daily across multiple categories, with no controller or smartphone required — voice input is transcribed and scored in real time. Licensed by Sony Pictures Television.
• Wheel of Fortune Voice-enabled word puzzle game featuring the iconic wheel spin and daily word puzzles. Players guess letters and solve puzzles using voice input on the smart TV. Licensed by Sony Pictures Television.
• Song Quiz Music trivia game where players identify song titles and artists from short audio clips played on the TV. Features songs across multiple decades and genres, with voice-driven answer input.
• CoComelon: Sing & Play with JJ Interactive kids game featuring CoComelon songs and characters including Wheels on the Bus, Baa Baa Black Sheep, BINGO, Peek-a-Boo, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Includes mini-games that respond to voice and movement, designed for toddlers and young children. Licensed by Moonbug Entertainment. Uses privacy-preserving audio detection so words are not interpreted or recorded.
• Wit's End AI-powered fantasy RPG adventure game where an AI game master responds to voice input in real time and builds live stories based on player choices. Player words shape the world and player choices seal their fate. No two sessions play out the same way. Available on Fire TV, Samsung TV, and LG TV.
• Karaoke Voice-powered karaoke game allowing users to sing along to favorite songs with lyrics displayed on TV. The TV remote or a paired smartphone serves as microphone, with real-time pitch tracking that scores vocal accuracy and displays results on screen.
• 20 Questions Voice-powered trivia game where players compete against an AI riddlemaster in the classic 20 Questions format. Players ask yes-or-no questions by voice to guess the mystery answer.
• Guess the Emoji Visual guessing game where players identify phrases or titles from emoji combinations displayed on the TV screen, with voice-driven answer input.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Moonbug EntertainmentcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 19 November 2024Weekend partnered with Moonbug Entertainment, the studio behind CoComelon, to create 'CoComelon: Sing & Play with JJ' on Weekend's platform. This is an officially licensed interactive game bringing CoComelon's nursery rhyme content to smart TVs in an interactive, voice-powered format with mini games such as 'Wheels on the Bus', 'BINGO', 'Baa Baa Black Sheep', 'Peek-a-Boo', 'Look and Learn Adventure', 'Tiny Clues', and 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. The partnership was announced on November 19, 2024.
• The InformationminorOthers · 9 July 2024The Information published a story on July 9, 2024 reporting that 'Startup Volley Raises $55 Million to Create Voice Powered AI Games.' This is earned media coverage rather than a formal partnership.
• Sony Pictures Television (SPT)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 17 March 2022Weekend holds an exclusive license from Sony Pictures Television to host Jeopardy! and all SPT voice games on its platform. This is a flagship licensing deal that brought major branded game-show IP to Weekend's voice-powered smart TV platform, covering Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune titles. The deal was reported as 'Volley Scores Exclusive License for Jeopardy and All Sony Pictures Television Voice Games' in March 2022.
• Matchbox.iocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 February 2022Weekend (as Volley) acquired Matchbox.io, the developer of the Amazon Alexa 'Question of the Day' skill. The multi-million dollar acquisition brought an established voice game property and its developer team into the Weekend/Volley portfolio. This acquisition expanded Weekend's Alexa game portfolio and brought existing user engagement from the Question of the Day skill.
• RokucoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWeekend distributes its game app through Roku's Channel Store, making its games available to Roku's large user base of smart TV and streaming device owners. Weekend's Jeopardy! was described as 'Roku's First Voice-Enabled Game' when it launched. Roku handles the distribution and billing relationship for Weekend subscribers who install via the Roku Channel Store.
• Amazon (Fire TV)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWeekend distributes its game app through Amazon's Fire TV Appstore, making its voice-powered games available to Fire TV users. The app is listed on the Amazon app store.
• Samsung (Smart TV)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWeekend distributes its game app through Samsung's Smart TV Apps platform, making its games available to Samsung smart TV owners via Samsung's app store.
• LG (Smart TV)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWeekend distributes its game app through LG's Content Store for LG smart TV owners, providing access to Weekend's voice-powered game library.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• TikToktiktok.com/@weekendhq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weekengo-gmbh

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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