Robbie is Co-Founder & President of Immutable. He is also a Thiel Fellow with The Thiel Foundation. Along with his brother James, they have both been building tech companies together for the majority of the last decade. They also grew up as massive gamers — playing Runescape, Maplestory, Neopets — basically anything with an economy growing up. After a couple of startups they built together like a self-wagering application for League of Legends, and a machine-learning Shopify competitor which automatically optimized your store, they came across Bitcoin in 2014 and Ethereum in 2015. Robbie was instantly obsessed with Ethereum and the possibilities that could be built from it.

In 2018, Immutable was born—a global blockchain technology company with a mission to bring asset ownership and commerce alive in digital worlds through the power of immutable NFTs. The Immutable Group consists of Ethereum-scaling Layer 2 platform ImmutableX and Immutable Games Studio with leading titles Gods Unchained and Guild of Guardians.

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00:00:40 - How it all began

00:01:20 - Getting into Bitcoin and being obsessed with Ethereum

00:03:26 - They launched their first blockchain multiplayer game Etherbots

00:04:59 - Explaining Web3 without referring to Web3

00:05:50 - Gods Unchained was built, a game in which you can own your cards digitally

00:07:05 - Why blockchain gaming?

00:09:50 - Immutable redefined

00:11:00 - What is Immutable’s goal 

00:12:06 - Traction today for Immutable - investors, market share, cash

00:13:48 - But where do we want to go?

00:16:51 - Empowering individuals to own their stuff

00:19:27 - Immutable and the bear market

00:20:18 - More exciting things coming up for Immutable

00:22:51 - How do you advise them to get into the space

00:25:18 - Why should someone be interested in web3 with the downturn, the fiasco?

00:27:45 - Taking web2 talent and helping them to be successful in web3 is Immutable’s pride

00:28:34 - More opportunities at Immutable

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In this episode, we discussed the following topics:

1. How gaming companies are exploiting players for their money, and how web3 technology can change this to allow for digital ownership of in-game items.

2. How Immutable has grown from fifth to first in market share for web3 gaming, and the massive investments in this tech category over the last two years.

3. The challenge of predicting and surviving the macro environment, and the potential of web3 technology to redefine ownership in the world of AI 

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Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/

Learn more about Robbie and Immutable: 

Robbie Ferguson on Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/robbieferguson

Immutable on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Immutable

Immutable: https://www.immutable.com/

Immutable on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immutable-1/

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