Rahul Sood

Rahul Sood

Founder & CEO at Irreverent Labs
Bellevue, Washington, United States

Rahul Sood is the Founder and CEO of Irreverent Labs, and serves as Investor and Chairman of the Board at MAINGEAR, as well as Investor and Advisor at Virtually Human. He previously founded Unikrn and VoodooPC, both of which were acquired, and is recognized for his expertise in technology, gaming, and AI.

OpenAI's Sora, a new Amazon book, and 5 days a week in the office

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, stick around to the end for a late-breaking addition to the show — a bonus segment about OpenAI's new AI video generation technology Sora. Joining the show is Rahul Sood, CEO and co-founder of Irreverent Labs, a Seattle-area startup that is working on AI to turn images and text into video. We also discuss the Seattle-area startups that are bringing employees into the office five days a week; look ahead to the upcoming release of what appears to be a juicy Amazon book, due out in April; and preview the GeekWire Awards in advance…

Rahul Sood

Rahul Sood started his first company when he was just 17 years old. VoodooPC went on to sell to HP in 2006, where he spent four years as their CTO. Rahul then spent a few years at Microsoft, where he says he “learned everything and got a crash course in how the best leaders are created.” In 2014, he started his current company, Unikrn, an esports betting and news company that’s backed by big names like Ashton Kutcher, Mark Cuban, Elisabeth Murdoch, Shari Redstone and many others. Unikrn has received over 10 million in funding and is on the front…

Organizations

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  • Irreverent Labs Founder & CEO 2021–present · current
  • Virtually Human Investor and Advisor 2019–present · current
  • MAINGEAR Investor and Chairman of the Board 2014–present · current

Education

  • Henry Wisewood 1988–1990

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