Executive Profile
Jesper Jensen is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Versusgame, headquartered in San Francisco, United States. He is a seasoned technology executive and serial entrepreneur recognized for leading and scaling advanced engineering and product organizations within the gaming and interactive digital content sectors. In addition to his CTO role at Versusgame, he is the Founder of Aston Scientific, Inc.
Jesper Jensen's career trajectory spans over 18 years in gaming and technology, highlighted by his previous executive positions:
- CEO at ExaShape
- CEO at home.ai
- GM, Yahoo Games at Yahoo
- CEO of PlayerScale (acquired by Yahoo)
- Co-Founder and CEO of Cynergen
- Head of Product R&D at EA Online, Electronic Arts
- CEO and Founder of Super Computer International, Inc. (SCI; acquired by Electronic Arts)
Jensen has a proven history of innovation, rapid product scaling, and leading companies through both organic growth and acquisition.
Current Company: Versusgame
Company Overview
- Industry: Internet / Entertainment / Gaming
- Founded: 2019
- Headcount: 11-50 Employees
- HQ: San Francisco, United States
- Product: Versusgame is the #1 prediction game platform, focused on enabling users to win prizes by accurately predicting outcomes related to brands, celebrities, musicians, sporting events, and companies. The platform serves as a global entertainment pop culture gaming app, with a strong emphasis on interactive and user-generated games.
Platform Highlights
- Global Reach: Accessible in 196 countries
- User Base: Over 9.5 million players
- Payouts: More than $17 million in cash prizes since launch
- Product Innovation: Versusgame leverages predictive gaming tied to pop culture and trending topics, offering unique engagement opportunities for brands and content creators. The introduction of VersusLM, an AI-powered engine, enables the generation of AI prediction games for enterprise and media partners. This technology significantly scales partner engagement and drives increases in monthly impressions (reported 3,000% growth to over 311 million monthly impressions since February, per company statements).
Strategic Vision & Executive Team Impact
Jesper Jensen's role is specifically focused on leading product development and engineering, driving new product features (e.g. AI prediction games), and expanding partner integrations—especially into major social networking communities and global markets. He is responsible for orchestrating the evolution and localization of Versusgame’s offerings and managing the company’s extended technology and product roadmap for broad international deployment.
This CTO appointment is described as a strategic move to support the company's rapid growth ambitions, partner network expansion, user acquisition, and integration with the creator economy. Jesper’s extensive background in building scalable backend infrastructures, user acquisition, and high-profile commercial partnerships positions Versusgame for accelerated innovation and global scaling.
Professional Strengths & Notable Achievements
- Acquisition Experience: Successfully led companies through acquisitions by industry leaders (Yahoo, Electronic Arts).
- Technology Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and manage distributed engineering teams; led the launch and integration of new product lines (notably in gaming infrastructure and AI-based gamification).
- Partnerships: Experience in securing and developing strategic partnerships with major brands, social platforms, and media companies.
- Innovation: Played a key role in deploying AI-driven solutions for interactive gaming and content engagement, fueling exponential growth in platform reach and monetization capabilities.
Organizational Structure & Team
On Versusgame’s leadership team, Jesper Jensen works alongside executives in business development and brand sales, with direct responsibility for engineering and product. The organizational structure is lean, given the company size of 11–50 employees, indicating a hands-on leadership approach and agile technology execution.
Location
- San Francisco, United States
Direct Relationship to Company Success
Jesper Jensen is directly responsible for aligning Versusgame’s product and engineering initiatives with its business growth objectives. His leadership is pivotal to the company’s focus on rapid user acquisition, expansion of brand partnerships, and the integration of AI/ML technologies to drive both user engagement and platform monetization. His previous track record in successfully guiding companies to acquisition, and deploying innovative, scalable gaming technology, is highly aligned with Versusgame’s current market position and growth trajectory.
For further engagement, Jesper Jensen’s LinkedIn profile can be accessed at: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/jesperjensen2](http://www.linkedin.com/in/jesperjensen2)
