Tangle is a new way to work remotely.
Tangle is a new way to work remotely.
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Absurd Joy raises $5.5M to make remote collaboration joyful with Tangle

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 6 min

Virtual reality gaming pioneers Alex Schwartz and Cy Wise have started a new company called Absurd Joy to make remote working more joyful through an app they call Tangle. They have raised $5.5 million.

Hanging out together with your coworkers on Zoom (unless you’re playing poker) isn’t joyful. But Absurd Joy has created Tangle as a platform for remote collaboration. It’s meant to be playful, joyful, and fun, said Schwartz and Wise

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.