Skillz Acquires Beamable’s Technology to Accelerate Platform Innovation & Expand Developer Capabilities

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Integration Brings Backend, LiveOps, and Meta-Game Systems Together Across the Skillz Ecosystem

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), the leading mobile games platform bringing fair and fun competition to players worldwide, today announced that it has acquired certain assets of Beamable, a modern game backend and LiveOps platform purpose-built for scalable, live-service games.

The acquisition represents a step forward in Skillz’s long-term platform strategy, expanding the capabilities available to developers building on the Skillz ecosystem. By integrating Beamable’s backend services, microservices architecture, and LiveOps tooling into the Skillz platform, Skillz is advancing its vision of a unified offering that helps teams build, operate, and monetize games more effectively while reducing technical complexity and accelerating time-to-market.

“Skillz has always been focused on empowering developers to build successful, competitive games at scale,” said Andrew Paradise, CEO and founder of Skillz. “With Beamable’s technology, we’re extending that mission by bringing powerful backend, meta-game systems, LiveOps capabilities, and AI-driven tooling into the Skillz platform. This acquisition gives developers more flexibility, more control, and more ways to engage players while leveraging the trusted competition, payments, and integrity systems that make Skillz unique.”

Beamable is known for its developer-friendly backend platform, offering features such as identity management, microservices, LiveOps tooling, analytics, and content management — all designed to integrate seamlessly with popular game engines. These capabilities complement Skillz’s existing strengths in real-money competition, matchmaking, payments, loyalty, and player identity.

“Beamable was built to help game developers focus on creativity instead of infrastructure,” said Jon Radoff, CEO of Beamable. “By joining Skillz, we’re combining modern backend and LiveOps technology with the strongest competition and monetization rails in the industry. This creates a single platform where developers can build richer games, operate them efficiently, and monetize more effectively—at a scale that’s difficult to achieve with standalone services.”

What This Means for Developers Today

For developers, the integration of Beamable’s technology into the Skillz platform will:

• Provide access to advanced backend and LiveOps services alongside Skillz’s competition, payments, and identity systems
• Enable richer meta-game systems, live events, progression, and content updates without building custom infrastructure
• Reduce reliance on third-party backend providers and hyperscaler lock-in
• Support both real-money (RMG) and non-RMG experiences across the Skillz funnel
• Accelerate development timelines while improving scalability and operational efficiency
• Launch new AI-native products for the developer community

Skillz SDK Roadmap and GDC 2026

The combined platform roadmap will be introduced as part of Skillz’s upcoming SDK enhancements, with select details to be shared ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March 2026. These enhancements will reflect a phased integration of Beamable’s technology and Skillz SDK, giving developers a clear path to adopt new capabilities over time.

Skillz plans to work closely with developers to ensure a smooth transition and to incorporate feedback as Beamable’s services are integrated into the platform.

About Skillz Inc.

Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ) is a leading mobile games platform dedicated to bringing out the best in everyone through competition. The Skillz platform offers developers the potential to build multi-million-dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, with the goal of building the home of competition for all. Skillz has been recognized by Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators, CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and ranked the number one fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000 list. Please visit www.skillz.com to learn more.

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