Regression Games raises $4.2M for AI gaming and esports

Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Regression Games has raised $4.2 million to bring the power of AI to gaming and esports competitions. But Aaron Vontell comes from a rare breed of technical experts in a fresh area of gaming. The Philadelphia startup is the brainchild Vontell, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who helped create Battlecode, an AI gaming competition for students. Battlecode was a big inspiration for the new company.