Skillz
Also known as: Skillz Inc.
Skillz is a real-money, skill-based mobile gaming platform founded in 2012 that lets developers add tournaments and social competition to their mobile games. Since June 2026 it has been one of three businesses under Firy Inc. (NYSE: FIRY), the renamed former Skillz Inc., alongside the performance-marketing platform RZR and the game-backend provider Beamable.
- Founded
- 2012
- Ownership
- A business of Firy Inc. (NYSE: FIRY), formerly Skillz Inc., which changed its name on 18 June 2026.
- Products
- skill-based mobile tournament platform, developer SDK
- Also known as
- Skillz Inc.
- Website
- www.skillz.com
- linkedin.com/company/skillz
History
Skillz was founded in 2012 as a platform for competition in mobile games: developers integrate it into their titles, and it runs real-money and social tournaments between players. Its parent describes the platform's patented technology as hosting billions of tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide. In February 2026 Skillz announced that it had acquired Beamable's game-backend technology, and in March 2026 it announced a Pro SDK for developers, to be shown at GDC 2026.
The listed company, Skillz Inc., changed its corporate name to Firy Inc. on 18 June 2026, and its Class A stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker FIRY on 22 June 2026. Firy presents itself as a holding company for three independently run businesses - Skillz, the AI-driven performance-marketing platform RZR and the game-backend and LiveOps provider Beamable - each of which keeps its own name and brand.
Notable
- Founded in 2012, according to its parent company's June 2026 press release.
- Its listed parent, Skillz Inc., renamed itself Firy Inc. on 18 June 2026 and has traded on the NYSE as FIRY since 22 June 2026.
- Announced the acquisition of Beamable's game-backend technology in February 2026.
How well established
The founding year, the platform description and the 2026 corporate rename are documented on the investor-relations site (investors.skillz.com). The main site skillz.com returned HTTP 403 even in a real browser, so no headquarters, licence or game list is recorded.
