What Aiko does

Aiko is a Singapore-headquartered sports technology company that builds a cloud-native AI platform delivering real-time, narrative-driven intelligence layered on top of live sports data. The platform interprets raw live match statistics and broadcasts, translating them into personalized, multilingual, context-aware insights and byte-size video highlights that are synchronized to live action. Its core product, the Aiko Real-Time Sports Intelligence Platform, is pre-integrated with licensed sports feeds, allowing customers to bypass complex data partnership negotiations and accelerate deployment.

The platform serves two primary verticals: sports media and entertainment companies seeking enhanced live viewing experiences for broadcasters and streaming audiences, and iGaming/sportsbook operators needing AI-powered decision support for in-play betting interfaces. Aiko is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, built by a former Microsoft team member, and developed in partnership with Microsoft engineering, with additional supporting partnerships with AMD and Verizon Business for infrastructure. The company distributes through a consultative enterprise sales motion anchored on 'Book a Free Demo' engagements and active presence at industry events such as ICE Barcelona 2026.

Commercially, Aiko is at a very early stage: founded in 2025, with 1-10 employees, headquarters in Singapore and a wholly-owned London subsidiary, led by CEO Vebz Panchal. In March 2026, the company raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from private investors to support international expansion, product development, and commercial deployments. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and pricing is quote-based, consistent with a pre-revenue or pilot-stage enterprise SaaS business model.

Name

Aiko

Legal name

Aiko

Website

https://aiko.inc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aiko is a Singapore-based AI startup that provides a real-time, cloud-native sports intelligence platform, transforming live match data into personalized, multilingual narrative insights and video highlights for sports broadcasters, streaming platforms, and sportsbook operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Intelligence Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gaming & Interactive Entertainment Personalization (HDAAAGAF)

Keywords

• Real-time sports intelligence
• AI sports analytics
• Live broadcasting software
• Sportsbook in-play insights
• IGaming engagement platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real-Time Sports Intelligence API/Platform: Provides cloud-native AI that surfaces on-demand insights through an API or embedded interface. Revenue likely derived from platform licensing and usage-based fees for sports intelligence delivery to broadcasters, sportsbooks, and fan experience platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aiko provides a cloud-native AI platform that interprets live sports statistics and translates them into instant, contextual, narrative-driven insights for broadcasters, iGaming operators, and fan experience applications. The platform is pre-integrated with licensed sports feeds, supports multi-language and dialect personalisation, and exposes insights through an API or embedded interface for enterprise integration. Compliance posture is anchored on ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications to meet enterprise governance requirements from day one.

Product overview

Aiko is a unified real-time sports intelligence platform that delivers AI-powered insights for live sports experiences. The core platform interprets complex match data and generates personalized, narrative-driven insights synchronized to live broadcasts. It is pre-integrated with licensed sports feeds and supports multiple languages and dialects, enabling deployment across sports media, broadcasting, and iGaming applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aiko Real-Time Sports Intelligence Platform Cloud-native AI platform that ingests live sports broadcasts and licensed sports feeds and converts raw match statistics into instant, contextual, narrative-driven insights delivered via API or embedded interface for broadcasters, sportsbook operators, and fan experience applications. Pre-integrated with licensed sports feeds, supports multi-language and dialect personalisation, and is certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 for enterprise governance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Longer user sessions and stronger re-engagement
• +1 more outcomes

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 capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership with Microsoft engineering. Aiko was built by a former Microsoft team member and developed in partnership with Microsoft engineering. The partnership provides enterprise-grade integration capabilities and credibility for the platform.
• AMDsupportingTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership providing infrastructure support for Aiko's real-time sports intelligence platform, enabling high-performance processing for live data interpretation.
• Verizon BusinesssupportingTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership for connectivity and infrastructure support, enabling reliable real-time data delivery for Aiko's sports intelligence platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• StatsBomb: StatsBomb supplies advanced soccer analytics and event-level data to clubs, media and betting companies. It overlaps with Aiko in soccer-specific AI insights and serves sportsbooks and broadcasters with contextual narrative analytics, though with a narrower sport focus.
• Hudl: Hudl provides AI-powered sports video and performance analysis tools primarily to grassroots, high school and collegiate teams. It shares Aiko's AI-over-live-video concept but skews toward team/coach workflows rather than broadcasters and sportsbooks.
• Catapult Sports: Catapult Sports delivers wearable-based real-time athlete performance and tracking analytics to teams and leagues. It overlaps with Aiko in real-time sports intelligence but skews toward team/athlete performance rather than fan-facing broadcast and betting insights.

Direct peers

• WSC Sports: WSC Sports provides AI-driven real-time sports video highlights and content automation for broadcasters, leagues and sportsbooks. It is one of the closest direct peers to Aiko, sharing the same broadcaster/sportsbook customer base and the same AI-personalized-highlight value proposition.
• Second Spectrum: Second Spectrum applies computer vision and AI to live sports broadcasts to generate real-time insights, tactical analysis and broadcast enhancements. It is directly comparable to Aiko's "AI layer over live broadcasts" approach, primarily serving leagues, teams and media partners.
• Genius Sports (BetVision / BetGenius): Genius Sports' BetGenius/BetVision suite delivers real-time in-play betting content, live odds and AI-powered insights for sportsbooks. It is one of Aiko's most direct competitors in the live in-play betting intelligence niche that Aiko is targeting at ICE Barcelona.

Broad incumbents

• Stats Perform: Stats Perform (owner of Opta) distributes AI-powered sports data and analytics to media, sportsbooks and teams worldwide. It is highly comparable to Aiko in delivering contextual, real-time sports insights, but operates at significantly larger scale and with deeper league relationships.
• Genius Sports: Genius Sports is a leading sports data, technology and media company that supplies real-time data, trading services and fan engagement tools to sportsbooks and leagues. It competes directly with Aiko at the intersection of sportsbook content, broadcast graphics and official league data partnerships.
• Sportradar: Sportradar is the largest publicly-listed sports data and content company, providing real-time data, odds, and AI-driven products to sportsbooks, media companies and leagues globally. It is the most direct upstream competitor to Aiko, with overlapping sportsbook and broadcaster customers and a far broader portfolio of licensed feeds and AI services.

Others

• BetMGM / FanDuel (sportsbook product org): Major sportsbook operators like FanDuel and BetMGM are potential enterprise customers rather than competitors, but they increasingly build in-house real-time AI insights for their live betting products. They represent both the addressable market for Aiko and a credible build-versus-buy threat.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aiko-inc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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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