212 | YGG shuts down YGG Play, pivots to AI gaming data

<p>In episode 212, Jon talks to YGG co-founder Gabby Dizon. </p><ul><li>[00:48] Casual degen web3 gaming platform YGG Play is shutting down.</li><li>[02:17] LOL Land launched well but overall revenue peaked in October 2025 at $3 million.</li><li>[03:40][ Why was the crypto liquidation event on 10th October 2025 significant?</li><li>[05:00] Why releasing more titles typically doesn&#39;t add revenue for crypto games. </li><li>[06:19] Why this was a decision based on the market, not on the product. </li><li>[07:35] Gabby&#39;s lesson is you can&#39;t control where liquidity flows to. </li><li>[09:59] LOL Land, Waifu Sweeper and the YGG Play platform will run until 31st July.</li><li>[11:26] As part of this restructuring, YGG has confirmed around 35 redundancies. </li><li>[13:08] YGG will now focus on providing gaming data to AI companies i.e. world model training data. </li><li>[14:15] In some way, this is a return of play-to-earn, just not earning in crypto tokens. </li><li>[16:04] This data is useful, particularly for robotics and in-game agents. </li><li>[18:33] YGG has already been working on this AI P2E with its AI Alerts system. </li><li>[19:26] YGG was set up to allow people anywhere in the world can earn from technology. </li><li>[21:20] YGG isn&#39;t shutting down. The founding team remains and it has 4 years of runway. </li><li>[22:53] This doesn&#39;t mean web3 gaming is dead. This is just YGG&#39;s particular decision.</li></ul>