Maneet Khaira @maneetks
CEO @Backbone Previously @Google @YouTube @Columbia backbone.com San Francisco, CA Joined September 2009-
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Amazing work from the Rox team
Interesting take
From data we’ve seen so far, trial start rates via web flows are almost certainly lower than in-app purchase, but you offset the losses with better paid conversion rates & retention. Epic is giving users 20% more in-game currency when they transact via the web to incentivize…
From data we’ve seen so far, trial start rates via web flows are almost certainly lower than in-app purchase, but you offset the losses with better paid conversion rates & retention. Epic is giving users 20% more in-game currency when they transact via the web to incentivize…
We asked @maneetks about the founding origins of @backbone. "I was at Google when they were working on Google Stadia. That was part of the basis for the idea of Backbone." "There was a demo an engineer had built, where you could use Google's cloud technology to stream GTA to a…
We asked @maneetks about the founding origins of @backbone. "I was at Google when they were working on Google Stadia. That was part of the basis for the idea of Backbone." "There was a demo an engineer had built, where you could use Google's cloud technology to stream GTA to a… https://t.co/HuOD4mixPL
Backbone Pro launch just crossed 700M impressions. Our biggest ever. Recent product launches: Beats (Apple): ~700M Oura: ~500M Sonos: ~400M The secret? I personally spoke with 50+ journalists over 10 days (I didn’t leave the office). We held all coverage for 2 weeks with a…
Longtime fan of Russ’s content; we designed Pro with the emulation community in mind after seeing huge adoption of One. Kinda interesting to play N64 and DS games with inputs more modern & advanced than the ones when the game shipped. Feels like a new experience almost
Longtime fan of Russ’s content; we designed Pro with the emulation community in mind after seeing huge adoption of One. Kinda interesting to play N64 and DS games with inputs more modern & advanced than the ones when the game shipped. Feels like a new experience almost
Anthropic submitted their Diffusion Rule recommendations today. From the text: 'Based on current research trajectories, we anticipate that powerful AI technology will be built during this administration, emerging as soon as late 2026 or 2027.' In this timeframe they anticipate:
What makes @princeofpersia The Lost Crown on mobile so impressive to me is the depth of its optimization and the precision of its input design
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Now we have to go to an actual christmas party to collect ground truth. Will return tomorrow with more absurd prompting with @maneetks.
Awesome having @backbone in Apple's keynote for iPhone 16 A step closer to our vision of enabling people to play any game, on any platform, anywhere
I've known Kennan since high school and he’s a killer. Excited to see how he and the team transform influencer marketing.
Nintendo Announces Plans for Official Store in San Francisco (in 2025 at Union Square) nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ni…
@maneetks thanks for recommending @eightsleep ! Such a good product.
Find out how the CEO and founder of @backbone—maker of a popular mobile controller—plans to unite various gaming ecosystems by shedding video game exclusivity while also improving access to cloud gaming and remote play. wired.trib.al/qr0Hj6i

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