A company building Wordle for chess raises money from a16z Speedrun, Mark Pincus and Eric Wu

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Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed from a16z Speedrun (Andreessen Horowitz’s early stage games accelerator), founder of Zyanga Mark Pincus, South Park Commons (SPC), Opendoor founder and CEO Eric Wu and Stef Corazza, the Head of Generative AI at Roblox.

Ramly, former head of content at VR startup Wevr, didn’t give out any user numbers but said that many streamers are creators are making content around the game.

Echo Chunk is also exploring the use of AI for multiplayer modes, new game modes, and new games in general.

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Author / Journalist: Ivan Mehta

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