Fastbreak.ai, the fastest and most capable sports scheduling platform, announced the NBA as their latest customer and partner in a long-term agreement and NBA Equity as a seed round investor. The NBA will incorporate Fastbreak.ai’s SAAS product into their scheduling process.
As part of this agreement, the NBA will also leverage Fastbreak.ai for scheduling the WNBA, G League, and the NBA2K League.
John Stewart, CEO of Fastbreak.ai, expressed enthusiasm about the collaboration, stating:
“This partnership with the NBA marks a significant step forward in applying advanced technologies to sports scheduling. We are committed to not just redefining the scheduling experience but also simplifying and democratizing the scheduling process. The NBA has always been a leader in innovative technology use, and we are pleased they selected Fastbreak to bring our AI-driven, enterprise innovation to their scheduling.”
The NBA joins a plethora of professional and college leagues, including the NHL, the SEC, the Big East, and Major League Pickleball, utilizing Fastbreak.ai for league scheduling.
Fastbreak Chief Product Officer, Dr. Chris Groer added:
“Fastbreak.ai’s platform combines decades of experience in scheduling optimization with a powerful user interface to analyze everything from travel to game density to television viewership. The NBA schedule is one of the most complex scheduling puzzles in the world. The league must balance travel, home/away patterns, and competitive fairness across many metrics while also accounting for dynamically changing venue availability and now a new In-Season Tournament. The Fastbreak system allows the user to change and optimize the schedule in near real-time, and our schedule visualization tool allows the user to modify and repair the schedule based on nearly any kind of constraint that arises. We are thrilled with our NBA partnership and look forward to bringing our platform to organizations of all sizes, from other professional leagues down to the smallest youth and recreational leagues.”
Earlier last year, Fastbreak closed a $5.2 million seed financing round led by Greycroft, and The Charlotte Fund with investments from professional athletes including:
- Greg Olsen
- Larry Fitzgerald Jr.
- Gordon Hayward
- Luke Kuechly
- Whit Merrifield
- Kelvin Beachum
- Kurt Kitayama
- Alison Lee
