Rivr
Category: AI in Cybersecurity
Uses advanced AI to automate the review and moderation of user-generated content in online games. Rivr was founded in 2023. The company is led by Brandon Weinman-Tyre. Based in Toronto, Canada. Team size: 15. Total funding raised: $3.6 million CAD. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Golden Ventures, Inovia Capital, Angel investors from the gaming industry.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Canada
- Team size
- 15
- Total funding
- $3.6 million CAD
Value proposition
Dramatically reduces manual moderation workload by using proprietary AI models to detect policy violations—including toxicity, cheating behaviors, and hate speech—in real time across voice, text, and video game interactions.
Products and solutions
Real-time Voice & Text Moderation API for games, Automated Video Content Review for esports/game streaming clips, Developer dashboard for analytics & compliance reporting
Unique value
Rivr leverages multimodal generative AI models specifically trained on gaming data, enabling context-aware detection that outperforms generic moderation tools.
Target customer
Online multiplayer game developers/publishers; platforms hosting user-generated gaming content.
Industries served
Gaming & Esports Platforms, Game Publishers & Studios, Online Communities
Technology advantage
A proprietary dataset of millions of annotated voice, text, and video samples from real gameplay environments allows for more accurate detection than competitors.
How they differentiate
Rivr offers a multimodal (voice, text, video) solution built on a proprietary, gamer-centric dataset, whereas competitors often focus on fewer modalities or use more general models.
Main competitors
Modulate, Two Hat Security (acquired by Microsoft), Spectrum Labs
Key partnerships
Pilot partnerships with two top-ten global game publishers (names under NDA), Collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection
Notable customers
Two top-ten global publishers (under NDA)
Major milestones
Closed seed round within one year of incorporation, Launched developer-facing API platform in Q1 2025, Featured as an invited speaker/demo at GDC San Francisco in March 2025
Growth metrics
Processing over five million minutes of content per month across partner titles during its beta phase.
Market positioning
Positions itself as a comprehensive solution purpose-built “by gamers for gamers.”
Geographic focus
Primarily targeting North American and European markets, with plans for global expansion via cloud APIs.
Patents and IP
No published patents; claims trade secrets around its annotation pipeline and model architectures.
About Brandon Weinman-Tyre
Brandon Weinman-Tyre is the Co-founder and CEO of Rivr (formerly Botni.Vision), a company that uses AI to make video content searchable and discoverable. He has a background in business development and strategic partnerships, with experience at companies like CM Labs Simulations and Electronic Arts (EA). His expertise lies in the intersection of technology, gaming, and media.
Official website: https://www.rivr.ai/