AI strategy talk. Speakers left to right: Mitch Lasky, Tynan Sylvester, Bing Gordon and Owen Mahoney. Source: GamesBeat
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AI in games: A strategic discussion by Owen Mahoney, Mitch Lasky, Bing Gordon and Tynan Sylvester

AI in gaming was a hot topic at our GamesBeat Summit 2025 event in May, and the hottest (in terms of the temperature of the crowded room as well as subject matter) was the conversation that Owen Mahoney moderated.

The former CEO of Nexon walked us through a talk with a trio of industry leaders. They included Bing Gordon, adviser at Kleiner Perkins (and author of poem on the golden age of gaming); Tynan Sysvester, founder of Ludeon Studios and creator of Rimworld; and Mitch Lasky, a partner at Benchmark and investor in companies such as Riot Games and Discord. (Here’s Lasky’s other talk from the summit).

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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.