Offside

What Offside does

Offside is a mobile-first sports content platform that combines short-form creator videos with real-time scores, statistics, and community features into a single consumer application. The company targets two primary user segments: sports fans seeking integrated content and game context, and sports creators looking for a platform purpose-built around sports teams and moments rather than adapted from a general-purpose short-form video product. The core product is the Offside app, available in closed beta on iOS (via Apple's TestFlight) and Android (via Google Play Store), which layers live scores, stats, and player context directly onto creator videos and includes game chat, reactions, trends, and debate features for in-game and post-game engagement.

The underlying technology stack centers on a content-plus-context architecture that integrates live sports data with user-generated video content, augmented by Offside IQ — a natural language AI assistant that retrieves and synthesizes data-backed answers to sports queries. The company relies on standard third-party infrastructure providers (AWS for hosting, Twilio for SMS-based authentication and communications, as disclosed in its privacy policy). The platform is offered free during the closed beta, and no pricing model, monetization mechanism, or revenue figures have been disclosed publicly. Offside is headquartered in Los Angeles, was founded in 2025, operates with 1-10 employees, and has raised a single seed round of $300,000 from Slauson & Co. in March 2025.

The go-to-market motion is product-led, with beta access distributed through app store channels and the company explicitly positioning early adopters as co-creators whose feedback shapes product development. There are no disclosed partnerships, enterprise customers, advertising relationships, or creator monetization mechanisms at this stage.

Name

Offside

Legal name

Offside

Website

https://offside.gg

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Offside is a mobile sports content platform combining short-form creator videos with live scores, stats, and community features. It serves sports fans and creators through an AI-assisted app currently in closed beta on iOS and Android.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Content Platform

NAICS

Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports OTT Aggregators & Bundling Services (MPAKAOAB)

Keywords

• Sports content platform
• Short-form video
• AI sports assistant
• Sports creator videos
• Live sports statistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Offside is a mobile sports content platform that delivers short-form creator videos layered with live scores, stats, and player context. The app includes Offside IQ, an AI-powered assistant that answers natural-language sports queries with data-backed responses, alongside built-in community features (game chat, reactions, trends, debates) for engaging with sports moments before, during, and after games. The app is currently in closed beta on iOS (TestFlight) and Android (Google Play) and is targeted at sports fans and sports content creators.

Product overview

Offside is a single, unified mobile application for sports content consumption. The core product is the Offside app itself, which delivers short-form creator-led sports videos combined with real-time stats and scores. The main AI-powered feature is Offside IQ, an integrated assistant that enables natural language querying of player comparisons, trade analysis, and historical sports data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Offside Mobile App The Offside mobile app is a sports content platform for individual sports fans and creators, delivering short-form creator videos overlaid with live scores, player statistics, and game context, alongside built-in community features (game chat, reactions, trends, debates) for engaging around live games. It includes Offside IQ, an in-app AI assistant that answers natural-language sports questions such as player comparisons, trade breakdowns, and historical stats with instant data-backed responses. The app is currently in closed beta, distributed via Apple's TestFlight for iOS and Google Play for Android.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ESPN: ESPN is the dominant U.S. sports media brand, offering scores, stats, video, and editorial content across web and mobile. It competes with Offside for sports fan attention and engagement but serves a broader content portfolio.
• FanDuel: FanDuel is a sports betting and fantasy sports platform with deep mobile engagement and real-time sports data integration. It is comparable in combining sports data, community, and AI-driven personalization — though its monetization model differs.
• DAZN: DAZN is a global sports streaming platform distributing live and on-demand sports content via subscription. It is comparable to Offside's sports content distribution model but with a focus on live broadcasting rights rather than creator content.
• Yahoo Sports: Yahoo Sports combines scores, stats, news, and fantasy sports for fans. It is comparable as a multi-feature sports engagement platform, but is part of Yahoo's broader content portfolio rather than sports-only.

Regional players

• Hupu: Hupu is China's largest sports fan community platform combining news, scores, and discussion forums. It shares Offside's community-driven sports fandom model but operates primarily in a different geographic market.

Direct peers

• The Athletic: The Athletic is a subscription-based digital sports media platform delivering in-depth sports content. It is comparable as a sports-specific content destination, though its long-form focus differs from Offside's short-form approach.
• GiveMeSport: GiveMeSport is a digital sports news and content platform reaching a global audience via social channels. It shares Offside's positioning as a sports-first content destination optimized for social/mobile consumption.
• Overtime: Overtime is a creator-led sports media company producing short-form video content targeting younger sports fans. It directly parallels Offside's creator-first content model and community engagement approach.
• Bleacher Report: Bleacher Report is a sports content and fan engagement platform combining short-form content, real-time scores, and community features — closely mirroring Offside's fan-facing value proposition. It is the most directly comparable consumer sports app at scale.

Emerging players

• Perplexity AI: Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that delivers natural-language answers with citations. Offside IQ overlaps with Perplexity's core capability, though Offside is sports-specialized while Perplexity is general-purpose.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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