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QuintAce

The platform where strategic decision-making becomes a game you can play, learn, and master.

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Why We Exist

Empower anyone to master strategic decision-making.

Mission: Empower anyone to master strategic decision-making — by turning any competitive domain into a game they can play, learn, and improve at with AI.

Starting with poker — the hardest and most fun proving ground. Expanding to all strategy games. Then to any domain where you need to be unexploitable and exploit your opponents.

55–95M people play poker online. None of them have an AI coach. Players are stuck between pro tools (powerful but intimidating, $49–149/mo) and social apps (fun but you never improve). No single place combines play + learn + community.

QuintAce is a three-in-one platform: AI coach + social game + learning community — all powered by AceGuardian's strategic AI foundation model. Chess.com for poker, then every strategy game.

55–95M
Online poker MAU (growing 3–5% CAGR)
$8–10B+
Annual market revenue
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Platforms combining play + coach + social

What You'll Build

Chess.com for poker — play, learn, and master.

A three-in-one platform: AI coach + social game + learning community. Not real money — no real-money gaming regulation, free global distribution, viral growth unlocked. Then expand to Guandan (140M+), Mahjong (300M+), Bridge, and beyond.

QuintAce home dashboard — the hub

Not a solver tool (GTO Wizard). Not a social game (Zynga). A new category: play + personalized AI coaching + community in one platform.

The Technology

Powered by a DRL foundation model — not a solver.

QuintAce is built on AceGuardian's DRL foundation model — the same AI that plays superhuman poker, detects cheaters, and coaches professionals. This is not a solver wrapper. It is a learned neural network that understands how humans actually play.

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Foundation model for imperfect-information games. DRL-based — learns generalized strategic reasoning, not pre-computed equilibria. Fundamentally different from CFR solvers (GTO Wizard, PioSolver).
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Trained on ~30% of online poker market data. Via B2B operator integrations (AceGuardian). Opponent modeling from real gameplay — teaches exploitation, not just theory.
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Transfers across ~100 game formats. NLHE, PLO, MTT, Short Deck, Bomb Pot, Squid — all from the same architecture. New variant AI in under a week.
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Dual-use flywheel. Same model powers coaching (QuintAce) AND anti-cheat (AceGuardian). Every improvement compounds across both products.
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Solver + deep RL integration. Test-time inference using search algorithms — improving decisions both in and out of distribution.
Live practice table with Strategy Grid overlay — GTO range analysis
DRL vs CFR architecture comparison

GTO Wizard has ~500K users at $49–149/mo, pro-only. We're bringing AI coaching to 55M+ players at $8–30/mo.

Why Us

A new category. No direct competitor in the market.

vs GTO Wizard
CFR-based solver for serious players. $49–229/mo. ~500K users. Study only — no play, no social, no community.
DRL foundation model. Play + coach + social. $8–30/mo. Targeting 55M+ players, not just pros.
vs Zynga Poker / WSOP
Social poker apps. 55–65M MAU combined. Play only — zero coaching, zero learning. Virtual currency whales fund the business.
Same play experience plus AI coaching that makes you better. Freemium subscriptions, not whale economics.
vs Chess.com
The model we're following — play + learn + community. 150M+ users, $100M+ revenue. But structurally limited to chess.
Chess.com playbook applied to poker (larger TAM), then Guandan (140M+), Mahjong (300M+), Bridge (100M+).
vs Coaching Sites (Upswing, RIO)
Video-based content. Static. No AI. No play integration. Shrinking as solvers commoditize strategy knowledge.
AI coaching that adapts to your play. Integrated into the platform where you actually play hands.
QuintAce vs competitors — feature comparison

The Business

Platform live. Targeting 1.2M users by Dec 2026.

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Two-lane strategy. Lane 2 (B2C direct) is 97%+ of revenue — the Chess.com play. Lane 1 (B2B affiliate with operators like ClubWPT Gold) provides zero-CAC seeding and credibility.
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1.2M MAU target by Dec 2026. Seeded from poker communities: coach partnerships, Reddit, Discord, organic. Source C (social market, 55M+) kicks in after brand is established.
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~$85M ARR at M10. Freemium model: $30/mo serious, $8/mo casual, free tier with virtual economy. Blended ARPU ~$5.74 at M10, declining to ~$1.57 at Y3 as social market scales.
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Multi-game expansion. Same AI, new markets: Guandan (140M+), Mahjong (300M+), Bridge (100M+). Zero AI coaching tools exist for any of these games.

Live traction: ClubWPT Gold partnership live — zero-CAC user seeding. WPT Global integration in progress. Reddit mini app (PokerQuiz) launched as community engagement funnel. Coach partnerships: Daniel Dvoress, Nick Petrangelo confirmed. Product live on web + mobile.

QuintAce — The AI Poker Coach
Phase 1
Coach Partnerships
Poker coaches bring their audience. High-value, coaching-seeking users.
Phase 2
Reddit & Discord
Community-first growth in r/poker and poker Discord servers.
Phase 3
Organic & App Store
Product quality drives viral loops and app store discovery.
Phase 4
Mass Market
Social poker market (55M+). Product superiority over Zynga/WSOP.

Part of AceGuardian Technologies (~104 people, 3-year funded runway, ~$12M/yr burn). QuintAce is the consumer arm — ~58 people building the product.

The Team

~58 people. 10 teams. Full ownership.

QuintAce is forming as a separate entity within AceGuardian Technologies (~104 people total). You'll build a consumer product that reaches real users from day one, powered by AceGuardian's strategic AI foundation model. Chess.com for poker — then every strategy game.

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AceCoach
Coaching UI, hand review, strategy tools
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AceArena
Real-time multiplayer, game engine
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Conversational AI
LLM coaching, natural language analysis
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Data Services
Data pipelines, scoring engine, analytics
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AceSense
Game-core library, partner game integrations
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Product & Design
Product strategy, UX, design system
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Marketing
GTM, coach partnerships, content, community
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QA & Testing
Quality assurance, automation
Leaderboard — rank score system with hero banner
Remote-first Global team Direct access to CEO & CTO High autonomy, low bureaucracy Engineering-driven decisions Pre-IPO equity Research → Production pipeline

Pre-scale. Your work shapes the product, not just a feature. Direct influence on direction at a pivotal growth stage — targeting 1.2M users by Dec 2026, 2–81M revenue in Year 1.

Next Steps

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