Randy Saaf is the CEO of PlayCubed, maker of AI-powered investment research mobile app Unvault.AI. Former CEO of Lucid Sight, a game studio that has released several VR titles for the PlayStation, Gear, and Google Daydream. Saaf co-founded OnSystems in 2000 which specialized in encrypted P2P messaging and file transfer. Saaf was the chief executive officer,Record labels turn piracy into a marketing opportunity and founder, of MediaDefender, Inc., which was purchased by ARTISTdirect, Inc. in 2005 for $42.5 million in cash. Saaf co-founded Jirbo, a large developer of iPhone games, in 2008. Jirbo rebranded itself to AdColony and was sold to Opera Software for $350 million. Saaf co-founded AlphaGenius. AlphaGenius is an investment and technology development firm that farms social media data and produces trading models for the hedge fund industry.
Biography
Saaf speaks frequently about how VR and blockchain will change gaming.
Saaf has testified before Congress on Internet copyright violation at least three times,Piracy of Intellectual Property on Peer-to-Peer NetworksUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and has worked with Senator Patrick Leahy,Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy: "The Dark Side Of A Bright Idea: Could Personal And National Security Risks Compromise The Potential Of Peer-To-Peer File Sharing Networks?" Senator Arlen Specter,United States Senator Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania : Home and Senator Orrin Hatchheise online - US-Senator will bei illegalem Musiktausch PCs zerstören lassen to prevent infringement. In 2004, he donated $2,000 to California Senator Barbara Boxer.Randy Saaf - $2,000 in Political Contributions for 2004
Saaf appeared in a “60 Minutes” segment on copyright infringement on 31 October 2003, where he talked about his efforts to prevent it.Pirates Of The Internet, High-Tech Thieves Are Coming After Hollywood - CBS News He has also been a prime source for other leading news organizations, and has authored many articles against unauthorized media distribution.Written Testimony for the Oversight Hearing on “The Prevalence of Pornography, Including Child Pornography, on Peer-to-Peer Networks” by Randy Saaf, President of MediaDefender, Inc., March 13th, 2003
A Fresno native, Saaf attended the University of California, Irvine, after graduating from Edison Computech High School (in 1994). He then transferred to Harvey Mudd College and graduated in 1998.Randy Saaf Biography – Mediadefender Saaf graduated with a B.S. degree in engineering.
He spent less than a year with defense technology giant Raytheon, where he worked closely with airborne signal processing—systems that extinguish incoming missiles. Saaf left Raytheon to start the website with friends, InterFriendly.net. It was designed to use P2P technology to give small businesses the ability to transfer large and numerous files.
He then enrolled in the UCLA School of Law.Новости - Журнал "Компьютерра" A year later, he left, noting that "Law was too technical of a vocation for me."Harvey Mudd College Bulletin Summer 2005
See also Anti-copyright
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