Our mission: to turn every court into center court
OUR MISSION
To turn every court into center court
Clutch was founded in 2021 by a group of racket sports players, software engineers and designers. Leveraging state of the art computer vision and expert domain knowledge, we have developed the world’s most powerful and fully automated AI for racket sports.
Just a few months after releasing our app we have built a fast-growing global user base within badminton, tennis & padel. Our users range from Olympic medalists to recreational players levelling up their on-court experience.
The proposition of Clutch is simple: seamlessly provide players with amazing highlight reels from their games & power them with a personal AI coach.
There are millions of racket sports courts out there. With hundreds of millions of players grinding it out every week. We are here for those players.
The proposition of Clutch is simple: seamlessly provide players with amazing highlight reels from their games & power them with a personal AI coach.
There are millions of racket sports courts out there. With hundreds of millions of players grinding it out every week. We are here for those players.
The Moneyball Revolution is coming for racket sports
The traditional approach to coaching in racket sports is based on gut feeling. Manual analysis and video editing is a full time job. Moneyball and the Quantified Self movements have influenced many sports - but racket sports have been slow to catch up. The accessibility of AI is now changing that. Over half a billion people play a racket sport recreationally. Most don't have a coach. Most don't have video on their court. That’s why we're building Clutch. We celebrate the court. And our mission is clear: turn every court in the world into center court.
When players walk on court they should have access to their own personal AI coach. When they walk off court they should be able to relive their best on-court moments with video highlights that look like they were produced for TV. And that's exactly what Computer Vision and AI can do. Track every move and every shot. Learn to be the best coach. And the best camera man. We're at the beginning of the biggest disruption that the consumer athlete has seen in a century.
The Clutch Team
Kári Gunnarsson
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO
Kári has spent more than 10,000 hours in badminton halls. After a stint at the Danish Innovation Center in Silicon Valley, Kári competed on the World Tour, reaching a World Ranking of #123. Now an ambitious amateur tennis & padel player.
Eric Navarro
Co-founder & CTO
Co-founder & CTO
The guy behind the AI. After graduating with an ML degree from IIT in Chicago, he worked at a Danish AI startup. Being a lifelong badminton player, Eric spent his nights tinkering on AI to help him improve his game.
Balazs Ivanyi
Product design
Product design
Design generalist, with 3 years of startup experience alongside a Master’s degree in Interaction Design. Prior to joining Clutch Balazs was a Visiting Researcher at Stanford University focusing on designing Human-AI interactions.
Guillermo Galan
Backend Engineer
Backend Engineer
Guille is in charge of all backend infrastructure at Clutch, including the Clutch Cam. When not coding, you can find Guille bouldering, climbing mountains, or meditating with a cup of Joe and some Ethiopian Jazz.
Alex Kupin
Android Engineer
Android Engineer
Alex hitchhiked from Ukraine to Silicon Valley to start his journey of becoming a software engineer when he was 18. Almost a decade later, he's still driven by an insatiable lust for mastering the machine. Alex is in charge of the Android platform at Clutch.
Our investors
Heini Zachariassen
Founder of Vivino
Founder of Vivino
Ari Helgason
Partner at Transition
Partner at Transition
David Helgason
Founder of Unity
Founder of Unity
Paul Liu
AI Researcher, Stanford
AI Researcher, Stanford