Matiks
Competitive math, puzzle, and brain games
CORE INFO
Matiks runs a freemium mobile platform for consumers who want short, competitive brain challenges. Players can practice mental math, memory, logic, and puzzles against bots or other users, then track progress through ratings, leaderboards, quests, and streaks.
- Funding: Matiks raised a $10 million pre-Series A round led by General Catalyst in October 2026, bringing reported total funding to more than $13.5 million.techcrunch.com
- User traction: Matiks reported more than 300,000 daily active users and 2.2 million monthly active users in September 2026, alongside 48 million games played that month.techcrunch.com
- TechCrunch covered Matiks' expansion into additional game categories, paid subscriptions, in-app purchases, and Jelo, an experimental AI-assisted platform for creating and publishing games.techcrunch.com
WHY WE WOULD WORK AT MATIKS
Make Practice Competitive
Help turn mental math, memory, logic, and puzzles into short, social competitions. Matiks gives users ratings, leaderboards, streaks, quests, and live 1v1 duels instead of passive practice.
Ride Breakout Growth
Matiks reached 2.2 million monthly active users and more than 300,000 daily users by September 2026. You'll be building during a rapid expansion phase, not optimizing a stagnant product.
Build for Global Players
Players already come from more than 50 countries, with growing traction in the US, South Korea, and Japan. Your work can shape a consumer product with international reach from Bengaluru.
Solve Real-Time Challenges
Work on a cross-platform React Native product backed by Node.js and Golang, with real-time matchmaking, low-latency interactions, rankings, subscriptions, and in-app purchases.
Shape Jelo's Future
Matiks is expanding beyond its first-party games through Jelo, an experimental AI-assisted platform for creating and publishing games. It's an opportunity to explore how generative tools can unlock new forms of play.
Own Meaningful Work
With 41 full-time employees and more than $13.5 million raised, Matiks offers startup-scale ownership with substantial momentum. New hires can directly influence games, monetization, international growth, and the next stage of the platform.
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PRODUCT AND TECH
Competitive Brain Games
Matiks offers timed math, memory, logic, and puzzle games with practice against bots, multiplayer matches, ratings, leaderboards, quests, and streaks. The platform turns mental training into a competitive mobile gaming experience.
Multiplayer Game Platform
Matiks supports real-time 1v1 challenges, matchmaking, rankings, and competitive play across a global player base. These features create social accountability and repeat engagement around short-form brain games.
SNAC Puzzle Feed
SNAC provides a single-player feed of short, bite-sized brain puzzles. It extends Matiks beyond competitive matches with lightweight daily puzzle consumption.
Jelo AI Creation
Jelo is Matiks's experimental AI-assisted platform for creating and publishing games, potentially without coding. It represents the company's expansion from first-party games toward user-generated content.
Cross-Platform Game Stack
Matiks uses React Native for shared Android, iOS, web, and tablet development, with a backend that evolved from Node.js to Golang for improved latency and performance. The stack supports scalable mobile gaming and low-latency interactions.