Sebastien Borget’s Profile Bio
Sebastien Borget is the co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, a decentralized virtual gaming world. He is an Entrepreneur and a dad with 14 years of experience growing startups.
Sebastien Borget is also President of the Blockchain Game Alliance and has worked as an advisor for numerous startups with diverse business models.
The veteran entrepreneur Sebastian Borget is named in the Top #100 most influential people in crypto by CoinTelegraph.
Early Years and Educational Background
Sebastien Borget has a solid educational foundation as he holds a Computer Science engineering degree from Telecom SudParis, one of France’s premier engineering graduate schools in Information and Communication Technology.
Sebastien also earned a Master’s in Computer Systems from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Professional Experience
In May 2011, Sebastien co-founded Pixowl Inc., a mobile gaming company where he serves as the Chief Operations Officer.
Pixowl has been instrumental in the production of popular titles for iOS and Android, such as Addams Family Mystery Mansion, Peanuts: Snoopy’s Town Tale, and The Sandbox.
Sebastien oversees a diverse international team of 25 people, steering the company’s direction in building a Family Mobile Network of social mobile games based on popular characters’ intellectual property.
Sebastien Borget’s achievements include producing and marketing Pixowl’s acclaimed titles, including Doodle Grub and The Sandbox, which garnered nominations in the App Store Best Games of 2012 and 2013.
In 2018, Pixowl was acquired by Animoca Brands, a company leveraging gamification, blockchain, and artificial intelligence technologies.
Sebastien Borget contributed to developing and publishing a portfolio of mobile products, including blockchain-based games like The Sandbox.
Sebastien was also a Technical Project Manager at ipercast, Chief Operations Officer at Wixi.com, Project Leader at 1-Click Media Networks, and Intern at Motorola Mobility.
The Blockchain Game Alliance
Sebastien Borget was the President of the Blockchain Game Alliance in 2020.
Founded in 2019, this non-profit organization aims to drive the adoption of blockchain technologies in gaming.
The alliance has over 90 companies as members. It focuses on creating common standards, facilitating networking and knowledge-sharing, and promoting cooperation and best practices within the industry.
The Sandbox
One of Sebastien’s achievements is his role as the Co-Founder and COO of The Sandbox.
This platform, built on the Ethereum blockchain, allows players to create, own, and monetize their voxel gaming experiences using non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and SAND, the platform’s utility token.
The Sandbox disrupts traditional game-making paradigms by giving creators actual ownership of creations.
Players can transfer their assets across different games through NFTs, ensuring digital scarcity, security, and authenticity.
The platform comprises a Voxel editor software (VoxEdit), a Marketplace, and the Game Maker, empowering players and creators to shape the metaverse collaboratively.
With 40 million downloads and over one million monthly active users, the platform has sold 70% of its 166,000 digital land parcels.
The Sandbox generated $1 million in sales in the first quarter, as companies and users snapped up all the roughly 460 land plots in a sale.
Future Projects
Recognized as one of the Top 100 most influential people in crypto by CoinTelegraph, Sebastien keeps on advocating the mix of NFTs and blockchain in games.
Sebastien Borget expects double-digit player growth throughout the rest of this year and into 2024 as The Sandbox fully opens up its metaverse gaming platform.
The company is planning to launch the metaverse game on smartphones next year.
Sebastien keeps forming the future of gaming, where virtual worlds and blockchain technology merge to redefine player experiences.
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