Echo Chunk has raised $1.4 million.
Echo Chunk has raised $1.4 million.
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Echo Chunk raises $1.4M to make AI-based puzzle games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Echo Chunk, the AI startup behind the viral free-to-play, daily puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in a funding round.

Echo Chess is a daily chess-inspired puzzle game where you are what you eat. You play as one color and your goal is to capture all the other pieces on the board, navigating your way around obstacles.

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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.