DiscoverThe Betting Startups PodcastEp. 179: Just merged: Pine Sports and SharpSports join forces w/ Vijay Dewan & Ryan Murphy
Ep. 179: Just merged: Pine Sports and SharpSports join forces w/ Vijay Dewan & Ryan Murphy

Ep. 179: Just merged: Pine Sports and SharpSports join forces w/ Vijay Dewan & Ryan Murphy

Update: 2025-09-02
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Ep. 179 features Ryan Murphy of SharpSports and Vijay Dewan from Pine Sports, who sit down to talk through their recent merger to form the new Pine Sports, a full-stack sports data and AI company serving both bettors and B2B partners.


 


Hear them discuss:


• The origin story and strategic rationale behind the Pine Sports and SharpSports merger

• How mutual investor Chris Grove sparked the deal by introducing the two founders

• How the merger combines SharpSports’ B2B infrastructure with Pine Sports’ consumer-facing AI tools

• Why clean data pipelines are essential to powering jaXon, Pine’s chat-based betting assistant

• What they've learned from launching LLMs into real betting workflows with jaXon

• The future of “autonomous betting” and where they see chat interfaces playing a role

• How they’ve integrated tech stacks and restructured roles across the combined team

• Their strategy to scale both the SharpSports API and Pine Sports’ user base

• How big‑name athlete Marshawn Lynch is backing the company, and how his endorsement is boosting Pine Sports' brand credibility

• Trends in how casual and sharp bettors are adopting new tooling

• Why they view betting tools as an underserved and high-growth category

• How Ryan and Vijay split responsibilities and stay aligned post-merger




Catch the video version of this episode here.


 


Learn more 👇


➡️ Pine Sports website 

➡️ SharpSports website 


➡️ Vijay Dewan on Linkedin


➡️ Ryan Murphy on Linkedin


 


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Ep. 179: Just merged: Pine Sports and SharpSports join forces w/ Vijay Dewan & Ryan Murphy

Ep. 179: Just merged: Pine Sports and SharpSports join forces w/ Vijay Dewan & Ryan Murphy

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