Kylan Gibbs: How Inworld is Bringing Games to Life with AI NPCs

Kylan Gibbs got his start in social sciences, but after stumbling into startups via a winning pitch at a Singaporean business competition, he never looked back. He spent time as co-founder of FlowX, a consultant at Bain & Company, and Product Manager at Google. Kylan talked with Lightspeed Partner and Host Michael Mignano about where he’s at today, and how Inworld AI is leveling up is changing the way people interact with games throughAI powered NPCs.

Episode Chapters

(00:00) Intro to Inworld’s Co-Founder

(11:16) How a background in social science helped launch AI interactive gaming

(17:54) Accidental success with FlowX - building infrastructure for autonomous vehicles

(23:41) Innovating in a traditional firm - Kylan’s experience at Bain & Co.

(28:49) Generative AI has massive untapped capacity

(30:44) How Inworld brings the world of gaming to life

(33:48) Making social puzzles part of the core gameplay

(39:45) Leveraging unique interaction without derailing the plot

(44:04) A day in the life of a Chief Product Officer

(47:17) Keeping the lid on hallucination

(51:08) Scaling up over long time horizons

(54:40) AI can level up gaming with more than just characters

(01:02:19) Inworld works beyond the world of gaming

(01:04:44) ChatGPT woke up the market

(01:09:49) Is Inworld hiring?

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