AUSTIN, Texas., January 27, 2025 — Pocket Worlds, a leading technology company empowering shared experiences to connect the world, today announced the acquisition of Infinite Canvas, an AI-driven UGC development team. Known for creating AI-powered immersive experiences on UGC platforms like Roblox and Discord, Infinite Canvas’ products have reached a peak of over 19 million monthly active users.
The team developed its own proprietary AI technology to create accessible, never-before-possible gaming experiences that resonate with diverse players and audiences. The accomplished Infinite Canvas team joins Pocket Worlds to focus on game, world, and tool innovation in Highrise, Pocket Worlds’ flagship platform.
Highrise is a creative virtual world uniquely designed for young adults looking for community and creative self-expression. It empowers users to make avatars, express themselves, engage in shared experiences, and build deep friendships. With 40 million users worldwide, Highrise surpassed $250 million in revenue across its marketplaces with the industry’s most accessible creator tools and design submission programs and launched Highrise Studio, a suite of development tools for creating and publishing games and experiences on the platform via Unity.
Highrise also caters to an audience that has aged out of platforms like Roblox, providing a space where young adults can continue to explore creativity and connection. By integrating the Infinite Canvas team’s expertise in crafting high-quality content and proprietary AI tooling, Pocket Worlds will expand Highrise’s library of games while continuing to serve its distinct and highly engaged audience.
“No one understands this generation of gamers and user-generated content better than Infinite Canvas. Their team has a proven track record of building on leading platforms, combining extreme creativity, expertise, and efficiency to deliver highly tailored experiences that stand out in a competitive sea of options. Highrise is a thriving world of players who are from all walks of life and entering their twenties, and this acquisition is part of our pledge to continue to serve this extremely distinct community and their interests worldwide,” said Anton Bernstein, CEO of Pocket Worlds, the maker of Highrise.
“I’m incredibly proud of what our team has built at Infinite Canvas—a library of over 100 games tailored to create engaging experiences across platforms, from mobile to Discord. With our proprietary technology, we’ve developed new AI-driven formats that unleash user creativity, all powered by a custom engine that enhances how AI models like LLMs interact with players to deliver tailored, consistent, and delightful experiences. When we began building in Highrise, it became clear that this platform embodies the same innovation and tools that empower creativity and connection. Highrise’s developer tools are some of the best we’ve seen in the space and give the team more flexibility and efficiency in bringing ideas to life. Joining Highrise is a natural next step that enables our team to deliver even more meaningful and personalized experiences to a growing community and help Highrise reach diverse audiences at scale,” said Sebastian Park, Co-Founder of Infinite Canvas.
For more information about Pocket Worlds, click here. Additional information on Highrise and Highrise Studio is available here.
About Pocket Worlds
Pocket Worlds is a technology company that is on a mission to empower shared experiences to connect the world. The company is a fast-growing Y Combinator-backed company with over 50 million users and 10,000 creators. Currently, the company has two platforms: Highrise, the leading mobile platform that enables anyone to easily create immersive worlds and captivating games, and Everskies, the leading pixel doll community where users dress up avatars and chat with friends.
Pocket Worlds is building bleeding-edge technology for developers and amateurs to create immersive experiences and worlds inside our virtual universe.
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