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Playground

63 employees

Growth · $300.0M

Open positions (2)

Director of Investor Relations

Palo Alto, California, USA

Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications

Palo Alto, California, USA

Company details

Team Size63

Funding

Total raised

$300.0M

Last stage

Growth

Investors

Google

Foxconn

StandoutYBacked by Y Combinator · P26

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Founders

Peter Barrett

Australian entrepreneur and engineer. Prior to Playground, served as CTO at CloudCar. Co-founded Rocket Science Games in 1993 with Bruce Leak. Known for giving Elon Musk his first job.

Bruce Leak

Engineer with a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Early career at Apple and Microsoft; led QuickTime development. Founded WebTV (acquired by Microsoft). Co-founded Rocket Science Games with Peter Barrett.

Matt Hershenson

Hardware entrepreneur. Previously co-founded Danger Inc. (acquired by Microsoft) alongside Andy Rubin.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.