Former NBA commissioner, former ESPN digital chief to advise Israeli startup
The firm, located east of Tel Aviv, employs 105 people and “has raised $16 million to date from investors.”
By JNS.ORGFormer NBA Commissioner David Stern(photo credit: KEITH BEDFORD/REUTERS)
Former NBA commissioner David Stern and former ESPN digital chief John Kosner will be joining the Israeli startup WSC Sports Technologies Ltd. as advisers, announced the company on Wednesday.The artificial-intelligence platform “analyzes live sports broadcasts, identifies each and every event that occurs in the game, creates customized short-form video content and published to any digital destination,” according to a description on the company website.The firm is located east of Tel Aviv.It employs 105 people and “has raised $16 million to date from investors, including Intel Capital and Daniel Gilbert, the majority shareholder of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers,” reported Calcalist.
