The Owl AI platform launches with $11M seed round

X Games CEO Jeremy Bloom announced today that The Owl, an AI games judge the company debuted at the Aspen X Games, is spinning off into its own platform as The Owl AI. It’s doing so with $11 million in seed funding. Bill Maris’s S32 led the round, with Menlo Ventures and Susa Ventures participating. The company also announced that Josh Gwyther, formerly head of AI at Google Cloud, would join as CEO.

The Owl AI is an end-to-end AI platform designed to offer an unbiased eye to judged sports. At its “beta” appearance at the X Games Aspen, it successfully predicted podium finishes for the Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe. In addition to real-time scoring, the platform also purports to enhance the experience for fans by offering localized commentary and intelligent insights.